Red Sundown (1956) DVD

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Red Sundown (1956)

Director
- Jack Arnold
Writers
- Martin Berkeley
- Lewis B. Patten
Stars
- Rory Calhoun
- Martha Hyer
- Dean Jagger
Strong acting and direction overcomes the more cliched aspects of Red Sundown. It all begins when gunslinger Alec Longmire (Rory Calhoun), weary of living up to his reputation, decides to hang up his firearms and start life anew as a cowpuncher. Before long, however, Alec is obliged to strap on his shooting irons as the deputy of sheriff Jade Murphy (Dean Jagger). It's for a good cause, of course: Murphy hopes to avoid a violent range war with a nonviolent show of force. Will Longmire be able to keep the peace without resorting to his six-guns, or will his hand be forced by crooked land baron Rufus Henshaw (Robert Middleton) and Henshaw's menacing hired gun Chet Swann (Robert Middleton)?

Red Sundown

Posted by Paul Dellinger on Jul 31st 2024

The old story of a gunslinger who wants to hang up his guns, reinvigorated with a good cast and above-average script. Rory Calhoun I’d the gunman-turned-lawman, Martha Hyer the woman who (at first) has doubts about him, Dean Jagger the sheriff who doesn’t, and Grant Williams in a different role for him as a psycho killer. Good western. James Milligan, around westerns forever usually as the bad guy, has a key role early on.