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Forty Guns (1957)

Approved | | Romance, Western | September 1957 (USA)
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Showdown in Arizona between the Bonnell brothers, U.S.Marshals, and Jessica Drummond, the iron-fist rancher who controls the territory.

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Samuel Fuller

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Samuel Fuller

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Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Dean Jagger | See full cast & crew »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Barbara Stanwyck ... Jessica Drummond
Barry Sullivan ... Griff Bonell
Dean Jagger ... Sheriff Ned Logan
John Ericson ... Brockie Drummond
Gene Barry ... Wes Bonell
Robert Dix ... Chico Bonell
Jidge Carroll Jidge Carroll ... Barney Cashman
Paul Dubov Paul Dubov ... Judge Macy
Gerald Milton Gerald Milton ... Shotgun Spanger
Ziva Rodann ... Rio
Hank Worden ... Marshal John Chisum
Neyle Morrow ... Wiley
Chuck Roberson ... Howard Swain
Chuck Hayward ... Charlie Savage
Sandy Wirth Sandy Wirth ... Chico's Girlfriend (as Sandra Wirth)
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Storyline

An authoritarian rancher, Barbara Stanwyck, who rules an Arizona county with her private posse of hired guns. When a new marshall arrives to set things straight, the cattle queen finds herself falling, brutally for the avowedly non-violent lawman. Both have itchy-fingered brothers, a female gunmaker enters the picture, and things go desperately wrong. Written by Tamsin

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tombstone arizona | arizona territory | arizona | u.s. marshal | human shield | See All (163) »

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The Taming of the Arizona Territory !

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Romance | Western

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

September 1957 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Samuel Fuller's Forty Guns See more »

Filming Locations:

Arizona, USA See more »
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Budget:

$300,000 (estimated)
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Twentieth Century Fox,Globe Enterprises See more »
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Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo (RCA Sound Recording)

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Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Opening credits: The characters and events depicted in this photoplay are fictional. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. See more »

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Wes Bonnell: I never kissed a gunsmith before.
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one of fuller's best
20 August 2005 | by KyleFurr2 – See all my reviews

This movie is one of my favorite Sam Fuller films and for that matter of one Stanwyck's best. This was one of Stanwyck's later pictures when she had a lower price range and she made some of her best pictures in this period. I know not too many people are going to agree with that but so what. Barry Sullivan never made it out of the "B" pictures and when he did he was just in a supporting role. Sullivan plays a Wyatt Earp type with his two brothers and he just wants to retire. The old west is dying out and Stanwyck would also like to get out. This movie sort of reminds you of Johnny Guitar with Joan Crawford but it would hard to say which one is better. If you are a fan of Stanwyck's or Fuller's would should see this movie.
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