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Director:
R.G. Springsteen
Writer:
Steve Fisher (writer)
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Release Date:
1 June 1965 (USA) more
Genre:
Western
Tagline:
Bounty Hunter-Law Abiding Killer!
Plot:
A dissatisfied ranch hand becomes a bounty hunter. He conspires with a crooked town boss to dirty up... more | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
Talkin' Westerns with A.C. Lyles
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Every Time He Comes To Town, Someone's Gonna Die! more (2 total)

Cast

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Rory Calhoun ... Santee
Linda Darnell ... Sadie
Scott Brady ... Tanner

Lon Chaney Jr. ... Kile

Richard Arlen ... Pete
Bruce Cabot ... Henderson
Terry Moore ... Anna
Patricia Owens ... Clare Grubbs
Jerome Courtland ... Sam Grubbs
Joseph Hoover ... Swifty

James Best ... Sheriff Elkins

DeForest Kelley ... Sheriff #1
James Brown ... Sheriff Nemo
Manuel Padilla Jr. ... Manuel
Robert Carricart ... El Pescadore
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Runtime:
USA:81 min | UK:81 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-16
Filming Locations:
Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA more
Company:
A.C. Lyles Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Linda Darnell's last film. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Biography: Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel" (1999) more

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Every Time He Comes To Town, Someone's Gonna Die!, 28 June 2005
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Author: phillindholm from Rohnert Park, CA

"Black Spurs" was one of producer A.C. Lyles now famous series of low-budget westerns featuring onetime big names. This one starred Rory Calhoun, Linda Darnell, Terry Moore, Lon Chaney, Bruce Cabot, Scott Brady and Richard Arlen. The supporting cast included future director Jerome Courtland, in his last acting role as a small town newspaper publisher living in sin! The story followed the adventures of an ambitious ranch hand (Calhoun) who deserts his pregnant girlfriend (Moore) for the life of a bounty hunter. Eventually this career demoralizes him to such a degree, that he instigates a plot to corrupt the morals of a small town for a fat fee. Thus, a planned railroad franchise will be diverted to a neighboring town owned by crooked businessman Chaney, who is in on the scheme. Calhoun sends for bouncer Cabot, new Orleans Madam Darnell and her "girls" as well as card sharp Joe Hoover, all of whom trash the town. Not so coincidentally, the sheriff happens to be the husband of Calhoun's former love, Moore. What happens is not what one might expect. Sadly, the film was Linda Darnell's last screen appearance. She died in an accidental house fire before it was released. And for many, the sight of the once gorgeous actress looking bloated and middle aged was not a pretty one. She did, however, turn in a reliably good performance, as did her co-stars, and Black Spurs remains an enjoyable nostalgia fest, one of Lyles' best.

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