Gun Glory (1957)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Roy Rowland

Writers:

William Ludwig (writer)
Philip Yordan (novel)

Release Date:

5 August 1957 (Sweden)

Genre:

Western

Tagline:

FASTER THAN "THE FASTEST GUN ALIVE"! (original print ad - all caps)

Plot:

A gunfighter defends his town when cattlemen threaten to destroy it by stampeding cattle through the farmlands. |

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Based On Novel

Cast

Stewart Granger	...	Tom Earley
Rhonda Fleming	...	Jo
Chill Wills	...	Preacher
Steve Rowland	...	Tom Early, Jr.
James Gregory	...	Grimsell
Jacques Aubuchon	...	Sam Winscott
Arch Johnson	...	Gunn

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Soundtrack:

The Ninety and Nine

prodigal father.

Stewart Granger comes back to his native one-horse town to find his wife dead ,and his son,Tom,a resentful bitter young lad.The son is an idealist,who cannot understand why you've got to make your gun speak .But he will find out. This is a routine western,but one which retains a certain charm:it's too bad that some characters were not more developed:the disabled man who's burning with a desire for his protégée Fleming;the priest who welcomes the renegade in his not-yet-finished church and urges the whole congregation not to judge (if they do not want to be judged themselves).The action scenes are kept for the final third and the screenplay mainly focuses on the relationship Granger/Fleming/son .The female part sometimes recalls Rachel's in "Rachel and the stranger" ,the last line recalls that offbeat western too. Splendid colors,Granger's presence and Fleming's charm make up for the triteness of the plot.... and the dubious side of its moral.