''Smoky Valley'' is a

western novel Western fiction is a genre of literature set in the American Old West frontier and typically set from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century. Well-known writers of Western fiction include Zane Grey from the early 20th century and L ...

Donald Hamilton Donald Bengtsson Hamilton (March 24, 1916 – November 20, 2006) was an American writer of novels, short stories, and non-fiction about the outdoors. His novels consist mostly of paperback originals, principally spy fiction, but also crime ...

Plot summary

John Parrish does not run, even when the local land baron tries to burn him out of his home. The former soldier has to stay alive long enough to outwit his enemies.

Film adaptation

Filmed as ''

The Violent Men ''The Violent Men'' is a 1955 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Rudolph Maté and starring Glenn Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Dianne Foster, Brian Keith, and May Wynn. Based on the 1955 novel '' Smoky Valley'' by D ...

'' in 1955 starring

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Barbara Stanwyck Barbara Stanwyck (; born Ruby Catherine Stevens; July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American actress and dancer. A stage, film, and television star, during her 60-year professional career, she was known for her strong, realistic screen p ...

, and Edward G. Robinson

Publication history

*1953, USA,

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, 12/11/1953, 12/25/1953, 1/8/1954, 1/22/1954,

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*1954, USA,

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, Dell First Edition #18, paperback, reissued many times *1954, UK, Allan Wingate, as Rough Company, hardcover *1985, UK, Ulverscroft, ,

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edition, hardcover

References

1954 American novels Western (genre) novels Novels by Donald Hamilton American novels adapted into films {{1950s-western-novel-stub