Blu-ray Release: Lawman

Blu-ray Release Date: Sept. 19, 2017
Price: Blu-ray $29.95
Studio: Twilight Time


Directed by Michael Winner (The Mechanic) and written by Gerald Wilson (The Stone Killer), Lawman (1971) offers a few savvy tweaks on a classic Western tale: a dogged sheriff (the great Burt Lancaster, Sweet Smell of Success) is determined to bring to justice a rancher (Lee J. Cobb, 12 Angry Men) and his hands who accidentally killed an old man during a drunken spree.

Burt Lancaster is the Lawman.

The incomparable Robert Ryan (Caught) co-stars along with Robert Duvall (Crazy Heart) and Sheree North; the film is further distinguished by a score from the one and only Jerry Fielding (The Wild Bunch).

Bonus features on the Blu-ray include an isolated score and the original theatrical trailer.

As supplier Twilight Time prints up only 3,000 copies of each title, be sure to head over to the Twilight Time site or that of distributor Screen Archives NOW so you can put in your prebook order!

About Laurence

Founder and editor Laurence Lerman saw Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest when he was 13 years old and that’s all it took. He has been writing about film and video for more than a quarter of a century for magazines, anthologies, websites and most recently, Video Business magazine, where he served as the Reviews Editor for 15 years.