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Director:
Budd Boetticher
Writers:
Charles Lang (screenplay)
Vernon L. Fluharty (story)
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Release Date:
10 November 1957 (USA) more
Genre:
Western more
Plot:
Bart Allison arrives in Sundown planning to kill Tate Kimbrough. Three years earlier he believed Kimbrough was responsible for the death of his wife... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Randolph Scott ... Bart Allison
John Carroll ... Tate Kimbrough
Karen Steele ... Lucy Summerton
Valerie French ... Ruby James
Noah Beery Jr. ... Sam (as Noah Beery)
John Archer ... Dr. John Storrow
Andrew Duggan ... Sheriff Swede Hansen
James Westerfield ... Otis, the Bartender
John Litel ... Charles Summerton
Ray Teal ... Morley Chase
Vaughn Taylor ... Mr. Baldwin, the Barber
Richard Deacon ... Reverend Zaron, Justice of the Peace

H.M. Wynant ... Spanish, Sheriff's Deputy
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Runtime:
77 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
West Germany:12 | USA:Approved (certificate #18651) | UK:U | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15
Company:
Columbia Pictures Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Anachronisms: Several coils of rope hanging in the barn where Scott is trapped are secured with modern tape. more
Quotes:
[Discussing Sundown's town boss Tate Kimbrough]
Bart Allison: Is he a big man in Sundown?
Sam: The biggest. He's got that town in his fist and he's squeezin' it hard. Ain't heard folks complain much. Guess they're all scared.
Bart Allison: I'm glad to hear he's doing so well. When a man's riding high, the ground comes up and hits him a lot harder when he falls.
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Featured in Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That (2005) (TV) more

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Unusual Western, 9 July 2007
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Author: whpratt1 from United States

Randolph Scott, (Bart Allison) heads off for a town along with his sidekick, Noah Berry Jr.,(Sam) for a town where he knew he could find Tate Kimbrough,(John Carroll). Bart Allison was seeking revenge for what Tate Kimbrough did to his wife; this Tate fellow was in charge of the town and the people were really not too happy with his leadership. It just so happens that Tate is going to married a local gal in town named Lucy Summerton, (Karen Steele) and while the ceremony is about to begin and the preacher says, "Is there anyone here who objects to this Wedding" and of course Bart Allison says, "I DO" and this is when the entire town is turned upside down. This Western is like a sermon through out the entire picture and all kinds of moral issues are involved even though the preacher likes to hit the bottle. If you look real close you will see a very old time veteran actor playing a bad dude, Bob Steele. You really will not believe how this picture ENDS.

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