Movie
Man with the Gun
Overview
A stranger comes to town looking for his estranged wife. He finds her running the local girls. He also finds a town and sheriff afraid of their own shadow, scared of a landowner they never see who rules through his rowdy sidekicks. The stranger is a town tamer by trade, and he accepts a $500 commission to sort things out.
Details
- Release date
- 1955-11-05
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Genres
- Western
- Status
- Released
- Production
- United Artists, Formosa Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Robert Mitchum as Clint Tollinger
- Jan Sterling as Nelly Bain
- Karen Sharpe as Stella Atkins
- Henry Hull as Marshal Lee Sims
- Emile Meyer as Saul Atkins
- John Lupton as Jeff Castle
- Barbara Lawrence as Ann Wakefield
- Ted de Corsia as "Frenchy" Lescaux
- Leo Gordon as Ed Pinchot
- James Westerfield as Mr. Zender
- Jay Adler as Cal (uncredited)
- Claude Akins as Jim Reedy (uncredited)
Crew
- Richard Wilson - Director
- Richard Wilson - Screenplay
- N.B. Stone Jr. - Screenplay
- Richard Wilson - Story
- N.B. Stone Jr. - Story
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