A gunfighter takes a deputy sheriff job in a town caught in a feud between a powerful rancher and small farmers.A gunfighter takes a deputy sheriff job in a town caught in a feud between a powerful rancher and small farmers.A gunfighter takes a deputy sheriff job in a town caught in a feud between a powerful rancher and small farmers.
Carl Andre
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Ray Bennett
- Henchman
- (uncredited)
Arthur Berkeley
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Wag Blesing
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Gail Bonney
- Mrs. Clore
- (uncredited)
Lane Bradford
- Mike Zellman
- (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Helen Brown
- Mrs. Baldwin
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaFinal film of James Millican. NOTE: He had already been diagnosed with cancer when he made the film and would die before it premiered. He was 45 years old.
- ConnectionsFeatures Dawn at Socorro (1954)
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Written and Performed by Terry Gilkyson
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Alec Longmire (Rory Calhoun) is given a second chance to go straight when he escapes an ambush with the help of hardened gunfighter Bud Purvis (James Millican). After promising Purvis that he will hang up his guns, Longmire arrives in the town of Durango looking for ranch work but instead is offered the job of deputy for Sheriff Jade Murphy (Dean Jagger). Even though it's an honest job Longmire is reluctant to accept because of his promise to Purvis. With some encouragement from Murphy and his daughter (Martha Hyer) Longmire relents and pins on the badge but he quickly finds himself in the middle of a range war between land baron Rufus Henshaw (Robert Middleton) and a group of small ranchers who have staked claims on the land.
This is another solid program western from the Universal International stable. No new ground is covered in this one but director Jack Arnold wisely doesn't try to re-invent the wheel, sticks with the tried and true and turns out an entertaining Oat Burner. Red Sundown is a straight up action Western with minimal romantic melodrama even though Calhoun's wife in real life (Lita Baron) shows up in a small part as a former old flame. Bad guys Grant Williams and Leo Gordon round out the cast.
Filmed in Technicolor and based on the novel 'Back Trail', Red Sundown is a reasonably ambitious western that would have been better served by a more expansive production budget. There is a lot of story to try to pack in eighty one minutes considering the sub plots that were never able to be fully developed. Nevertheless Red Sundown still pretty good Western fare.
This is another solid program western from the Universal International stable. No new ground is covered in this one but director Jack Arnold wisely doesn't try to re-invent the wheel, sticks with the tried and true and turns out an entertaining Oat Burner. Red Sundown is a straight up action Western with minimal romantic melodrama even though Calhoun's wife in real life (Lita Baron) shows up in a small part as a former old flame. Bad guys Grant Williams and Leo Gordon round out the cast.
Filmed in Technicolor and based on the novel 'Back Trail', Red Sundown is a reasonably ambitious western that would have been better served by a more expansive production budget. There is a lot of story to try to pack in eighty one minutes considering the sub plots that were never able to be fully developed. Nevertheless Red Sundown still pretty good Western fare.
- Henchman_Number1
- Jul 21, 2018
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- Runtime1 hour 21 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.00 : 1
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