Man with the Gun

1955

Action / Drama / Western

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 46% · 3 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 46% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 2590 2.6K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Richard Wilson Photo
Richard Wilson

Top cast

Jan Sterling Photo
Jan Sterling as Nelly Bain
William Challee Photo
William Challee as Townsman
Leo Gordon Photo
Leo Gordon as Ed Pinchot
Herman Hack Photo
Herman Hack as Townsman
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696.8 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 24 min
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1.33 GB
1920*1040
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 24 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by FosterAlbumen 8 / 10

B+ Western begging for an A-

Reviewed by Spondonman 7 / 10

We need that guy right here and now!

I don't remember ever seeing this one before tonight, probably the title sounded so ordinary it kept passing me by. But it is a well crafted b Western, with an interestingly brooding storyline complemented by acting veering from the good to corny.Robert Mitchum slopes into wide open town looking for his wife and news of their daughter, and stays for a time as town-tamer. As usual the good business folk have mixed emotions - they want to get rid of the baddies but like the business they bring. It still applies: relax drink and gambling laws and encourage the industries but pretend to deplore the seedy effects it can have on ordinary people. What's fascinating about this film is Mitchum's cynically intense portrayal in going about cleaning the town of baddies, and the townsfolk's acceptance that his violent methods were the only ones. Favourite bit: the sudden demise of 2 of the baddies in the Red Dog saloon. The firing of the main saloon bordered on nasty, but it was an effective way to combat the spread of poison.Overall a very good film with its only fault tending to be a little hokeyness - not so good for Do-Gooders who would probably prefer a lifetime of negotiation with Evil rather than end it.
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