Man with the Gun (1955)

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  • MAN WITH THE GUN
    aka The Trouble Shooter


    DIRECTED & WRITTEN BY RICHARD WILSON
    PRODUCED BY SAMUEL GOLDWYN Jr.
    FORMOSA PRODUCTIONS
    UNITED ARTISTS



    INFORMATION FROM IMDb


    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.
    Written by Jeremy Perkins


    Cast
    Robert Mitchum ... Clint Tollinger
    Jan Sterling ... Nelly Bain
    Karen Sharpe ... Stella Atkins
    Henry Hull ... Marshal Lee Sims
    Emile Meyer ... Saul Atkins
    John Lupton ... Jeff Castle
    Barbara Lawrence ... Ann Wakefield
    Ted de Corsia ... 'Frenchy' Lescaux (as Ted DeCorsia)
    Leo Gordon ... Ed Pinchot
    James Westerfield ... Mr. Zender
    Claude Akins ... Jim Reedy (uncredited)
    and many more...


    Directed
    Richard Wilson


    Writing Credits
    N.B. Stone Jr. ... (story and screenplay) and
    Richard Wilson ... (story and screenplay)


    Produced
    Samuel Goldwyn Jr. ... producer


    Music
    Alex North


    Cinematography
    Lee Garmes ... director of photography


    Trivia
    Producing debut of Samuel Goldwyn Jr..


    Directorial debut of Richard Wilson.


    Film debut of Amzie Strickland.


    Goofs
    Continuity
    In one scene, Robert Mitchum walks across the street wearing a jacket. In the next shot (with no time lapse), the jacket has disappeared.


    Memorable Quotes


    Filming Locations
    Samuel Goldwyn Studios - 7200 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, California, USA
    Watch the Movie


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    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

  • Man with the Gun is a 1955 Western film starring Robert Mitchum.
    The film was released in the United Kingdom as The Trouble Shooter
    and is also sometimes entitled Deadly Peacemaker.
    The supporting cast includes Jan Sterling, Henry Hull, Barbara Lawrence, Leo Gordon, and Claude Akins.


    The black-and-white film, which opens with Gordon's character
    shooting a little boy's dog in front of the child, was photographed in standard Academy ratio,
    written by N. B. Stone Jr and Richard Wilson, and directed by Wilson.




    User Review


    An Old Plot Rides Again
    17 June 2013 | by James Hitchcock (Tunbridge Wells, England)

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England