Red Sundown
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| Red Sundown | |
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| Directed by | Jack Arnold |
| Screenplay by | Martin Berkeley |
| Based on | Back Trail by Lewis B. Patten |
| Produced by | Albert Zugsmith |
| Starring | Rory Calhoun Martha Hyer Dean Jagger |
| Cinematography | William E. Snyder |
| Edited by | Edward Curtiss |
| Music by | Hans J. Salter |
| Color process | Technicolor |
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| Distributed by | Universal-International Pictures |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Red Sundown is a 1956 American Technicolor western film directed by Jack Arnold and starring Rory Calhoun, Martha Hyer and Dean Jagger.[1] It was produced and distributed by Universal-International Pictures.[2] It is based on the 1956 novel Back Trail by Lewis B. Patten and had the working title Decision At Durango.
Plot
[edit | edit source]Alec Longmire (Rory Calhoun), a gunfighter, decides to change his ways after nearly losing his life. He reforms, becoming a deputy to Jade Murphy (Dean Jagger), an honest sheriff trapped between warring farmers and cattlemen. He also falls in love with the sheriff's daughter Caroline (Martha Hyer) who despises gunslingers.
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Rory Calhoun as Longmire
- Martha Hyer as Caroline
- Dean Jagger as Jade Murphy
- Robert Middleton as Rufus Henshaw
- Grant Williams as Chet Swann
- Lita Baron as Maria
- James Millican as Bud Purvis
- Trevor Bardette as Sam Baldwin
- Leo Gordon as Rod Zellman
- David Kasday as Hughie Clore
References
[edit | edit source]Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Dick, Bernard F. City of Dreams: The Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures. University Press of Kentucky, 2021.Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Pitts, Michael R. Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films. McFarland, 2012. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
External links
[edit | edit source]- Red Sundown at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Red Sundown at the TCM Movie Database
- Red Sundown at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Categories:
- 1956 films
- Films based on American Western (genre) novels
- 1956 Western (genre) films
- American Western (genre) films
- Films directed by Jack Arnold
- Films scored by Hans J. Salter
- Universal Pictures films
- 1950s English-language films
- 1950s American films
- English-language Western (genre) films
- 1950s American Western (genre) film stubs