Movie
Gunman's Walk
Overview
A powerful rancher always protects his wild adult son by paying for damages and bribing witnesses, until his crimes become too serious to rectify.
Details
- Release date
- 1958-07-15
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Genres
- Western
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Columbia Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Van Heflin as Lee Hackett
- Tab Hunter as Ed Hackett
- Kathryn Grant as Cecily "Clee" Chouard
- James Darren as Davy Hackett
- Mickey Shaughnessy as Deputy Sheriff Will Motely
- Robert F. Simon as Sheriff Harry Brill
- Edward Platt as Purcell Avery
- Ray Teal as Jensen Sieverts
- Paul Birch as Bob Selkirk
- Michael Granger as Curly
- Will Wright as Judge
- Dorothy Adams as Martha Stotheby
Crew
- Phil Karlson - Director
- Frank S. Nugent - Screenplay
- Ric Hardman - Story
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