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Man with the Gun
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Man with the Gun

1955-10-06 · 83 min · ★ 6.1

Western

A stranger comes to town looking for his estranged wife. He finds her running the local girls. He also finds a town and sheriff afraid of their own shadow, scared of a landowner they never see who rules through his rowdy sidekicks. The stranger is a town tamer by trade, and he accepts a $500 commission to sort things out.

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Directors
Richard Wilson
Production companies
United Artists, Formosa Productions
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Robert MitchumRobert MitchumClint Tollinger
Jan SterlingJan SterlingNelly Bain
Karen SharpeKaren SharpeStella Atkins
Henry HullHenry HullMarshal Lee Sims
Emile MeyerEmile MeyerSaul Atkins
John LuptonJohn LuptonJeff Castle
Barbara LawrenceBarbara LawrenceAnn Wakefield
Ted de CorsiaTed de Corsia"Frenchy" Lescaux
Leo GordonLeo GordonEd Pinchot
James WesterfieldJames WesterfieldMr. Zender
Jay AdlerJay AdlerCal (uncredited)
Claude AkinsClaude AkinsJim Reedy (uncredited)
Florenz AmesDoc Hughes (uncredited)
Joe BarryDade Holman (uncredited)
Norma CalderónLuz (uncredited)
William ChalleeWilliam ChalleeTownsman (uncredited)
Angie DickinsonAngie DickinsonKitty (uncredited)
Burt MustinBurt MustinHotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Maidie NormanMaidie NormanSarah (uncredited)
Robert OsterlohRobert OsterlohVirg Trotter (uncredited)

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