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THE LONELY MAN, made in 1957, stars a forceful Jack Palance as a gunfighter who wishes to "retire", settle down, and make amends with his son, played by Anthony Perkins in the same type of nervous nelly role that would make him famous in "Psycho" three years later. So, in the proud tradition of Henry King's classic "The Gunfighter" and others. From a script by Harry Essex ("Creature from the Black Lagoon"), and capably directed by Henry Levin, who had much impressed me with his Glenn Ford vehicle "The Man from Colorado" all these years ago. Fantastic b/w photography by Lionel Lindon; excellent, sensitive score by (Nathan) Van Cleave. While not terribly original, this leisurely paced, character-driven drama is worth seeking out.