

Man with the Gun
1955-10-06 · 83 min · ★ 6.1
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
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Robert MitchumClint Tollinger
Jan SterlingNelly Bain
Karen SharpeStella Atkins
Henry HullMarshal Lee Sims
Emile MeyerSaul Atkins
John LuptonJeff Castle
Barbara LawrenceAnn Wakefield
Ted de Corsia"Frenchy" Lescaux
Leo GordonEd Pinchot
James WesterfieldMr. Zender
Jay AdlerCal (uncredited)
Claude AkinsJim Reedy (uncredited)
William ChalleeTownsman (uncredited)
Angie DickinsonKitty (uncredited)
Burt MustinHotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Maidie NormanSarah (uncredited)
Robert OsterlohVirg Trotter (uncredited)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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