Tribute to a Bad Man is a 1956 American Western film directed by Robert Wise and starring James Cagney about a rancher whose harsh enforcement of frontier justice alienates the woman he loves.

He is found by young cowboy Steve Miller, who digs out the bullet, saves Rodock's life and is offered a job at the ranch.

His wrangler McNulty describes it as "a hanging sickness" to Rodock's woman, Jocasta Constantine, a former dance-hall girl ashamed of her past.

Steve is sickened by watching a man hang and Jo urges him to speak with Rodock about his vigilante ways.

Robert Francis was originally cast in the role of Steve Miller, but he was killed in an airplane crash just before filming began.

[3] Irene Papas replaced Grace Kelly who turned the film down[4] as did Eva Marie Saint and Jennifer Jones.