Town Tamer (1965)

A gunfighter is hired to clean up a wild frontier town, but there are forces afoot who want to keep the town as wide-open as it is.

Director:

Lesley Selander

Writers:

Frank Gruber (novel), Frank Gruber (screenplay)

Stars:

Dana Andrews, Terry Moore, Pat O'Brien

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dana Andrews	...	Tom Rosser
Terry Moore	...	Susan Tavenner
Pat O'Brien	...	Judge Murcott
Lon Chaney Jr.	...	Charlie Leach (as Lon Chaney)
Bruce Cabot	...	Riley Condor
Lyle Bettger	...	Lee Ring
Richard Arlen	...	Doctor Kent
Barton MacLane	...	James Fell
Richard Jaeckel	...	Johnny Honsinger
Philip Carey	...	Jim Akins
Sonny Tufts	...	Carmichael
Coleen Gray	...	Carol Rosser
DeForest Kelley	...	Guy Tavenner
Jeanne Cagney	...	Mary Donley
Don 'Red' Barry	...	Tex (as Donald Barry)

Storyline

The life of Tom Rosser, a town-taming gunman-for-hire, takes a turn when a bullet meant for him, from the gun of a renegade, Lee Ring, kill's Rosser's wife, Carol, instead. Ring, had been sent by the ruthless Kansas gang-leader, Riley Condor, to kill Rosser. The latter goes to White Plains, supposedly to look over property to but his agenda is to kill Condor. Word gets around that Rosser is in town and Condor realizes that his gunslinging henchmen, Horsinger, Tavenner, Slim Akins, Flon and Ring, are no match for Rosser, and he sets in motion a plan that will use the law to eliminate Rosser.

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Plot Keywords:

gunfighter | renegade | gang leader | kansas | drinking | 

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Taglines:

The story of a gunslinger who could turn his back on no man...or woman...as death waited with a thousand eyes! (original poster)

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Genres:

Action | Romance | Western

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 October 1965 (West Germany)

Also Known As:

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Company Credits

Production Co:

A.C. Lyles Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

Pass the Bullets and the Denture Cream

Oh, I love this movie. For all the wrong reasons. It's a creaking, crawling mess of clichés, enlivened by a geriatric cast. Town Tamer is surprisingly bloody (without the actual blood, of course). It all looks like a mid-sixties (and I mean that in more than one way) TV western with Dana Andrews and crew appearing to be dying from dyspepsia.

And yet, you might pick up on the ease in which all these many veteran actors and actresses fall--or totter--into their respective parts. I guess I have a weakness for movies that beg the MST3000 treatment.

If you ever get to see it, I'd suggest cutting out a silhouette of the guy and the two robots and taping them to the bottom of your TV screen.

C'mon, it'll be fun.

Town Tamer can only get better.