The Black Whip

The Black Whip is a 1956 American Civil War Western film directed by Charles Marquis Warren and starring Hugh Marlowe and Coleen Gray.

The film brief describes the film as "two brothers rescue four dance-hall girls, and encounter trouble from a villain wielding a wicked whip".

The film depicts the time as April 1867, when post-war derelicts, plunderers, and looters continue their crazed violence out west. The story and screenplay were written by Orville Hampton.

Sets from the "Gunsmoke" TV series were used.

Plot
John Murdock (Paul Richards) is a notorious outlaw who leads the vicious gang known as the Blacklegs. Armed with his signature black whip, he and his men invade a small town, looking to stir up trouble. In between harassing the girls at the saloon and attacking the locals, the Blacklegs are plotting a bigger scheme: kidnapping the governor of Kentucky (Patrick O'Moore) and holding him for ransom. The only man who stands in their way is former Confederate officer Lorn Crowford (Hugh Marlowe).

Cast

 * Hugh Marlowe as Lorn Crawford
 * Coleen Gray as Jeannie
 * Adele Mara as Ruthie Dawson
 * Angie Dickinson as Sally Morrow
 * Richard Gilden as Dewey Crawford
 * Paul Richards as John Murdock
 * John Pickard as Sheriff Persons
 * Dorothy Schuyler as Delilah Ware
 * Charles H. Gray as Chick Hainline (as Charles Gray)
 * Sheb Wooley as Bill Lassater
 * Strother Martin as Thorny
 * Harry Landers as Fiddler
 * Patrick O'Moore as Governor
 * William Hamel as Constable
 * Duane Grey as Deputy Floyd (as Duane Thorsen)
 * Rush Williams Jailer Garner
 * Howard Culver as Dr. Gillette
 * Sid Cutis as Bartender