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Director:
Alfred L. Werker
Writer:
Daniel B. Ullman (story)
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Release Date:
25 December 1955 (USA) more
Genre:
Western more
Tagline:
STARTLING as looking down the barrel of a loaded gun! more
Plot:
The peace-loving owner of a general store, who became a town hero when he luckily killed the leader of a gang of bank robbers, is deserted by the townspeople who fear the threatened return of the vengeful bandits. | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Good film - great cast - Avoid alternate version "Smokin'Barrel" more

Cast

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Fred MacMurray ... Jack Wright
Dorothy Malone ... Martha Wright

Walter Brennan ... Doc Lacy
Tommy Rettig ... Billy Wright
Skip Homeier ... Bob Dennis
John Qualen ... Livingstone
Whit Bissell ... Clem Clark
Irving Bacon ... Al Ferguson
Jack Lambert ... Kirk
John Pickard ... Alvin Dennis
James Griffith ... The Stranger (Bob Alexander)
Harry Shannon ... Marshal MacKay
Frank Ferguson ... Marshal George Henderson
James O'Hara ... Wally (as James Lilburn)
Harry Lauter ... Federal Marshal
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Gunpoint! (UK)
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Runtime:
81 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
USA:Approved (certificate #17641) | UK:U | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
[first lines]
[Bob Dennis is practicing aiming and firing his gun]
Alvin Dennis: You're sure itchin' to use that thing again, ain't ya?
Bob Dennis: Never hurts to be ready.
Alvin Dennis: You're always ready. Put it away.
Bob Dennis: You're nervous, huh?
Alvin Dennis: Yeah, well, I wouldn't be if it wasn't for you.
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1 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
Good film - great cast - Avoid alternate version "Smokin'Barrel", 20 October 2002
Author: exclusive541 from Washington, DC

Acting and production (including music) are top notch. Screenplay is well written. Entire cast is made up of major stars and great charactor actors which made this an entirely worthwhile "Saturday Matinee" in its day. Although not noted, this is a color film of about 81 minutes in length. There is some on-screen shooting & deaths ... but no blood; it could easily have a "General Audience" rating.

This film was also distributed in the USA in 1992/1993 by "Dominican Releasing, Puerto Rico" as "SMOKIN' BARREL"; perhaps this was a pirated release as shamefully all titles and credits were cut out ... and replaced with the two-word opening "SMOKIN BARRELL" and two-word closing "THE END"; no other information. The quality of this tape, recorded in the EP mode, is extremely poor visually with blurred images in high contrast; it is almost unviewable (although the sound is acceptable). The tape's box has numerous errors in the credits ... crediting Vaughn Monroe & Billy Gray as being in the film (they were not) ... and leaving off one of the two main stars ... Fred MacMurray ... as well as child star Tommy Rettig. It also states the film is rated "R" (believe me, it is NOT an "R" film). Avoid "Smokin Barell" ... but definately see any other good quality legitimate versions of this film.

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