The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959)

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  • THE GUNFIGHT AT DODGE CITY


    DIRECTED BY JOSEPH M. NEWMAN
    PRODUCED BY WALTER MIRISCH
    THE MIRISCH COMPANY INC
    UNITED ARTISTS



    INFORMATION FROM IMDb


    Plot Summary
    Bat Masterson doesn't look for trouble, but he doesn't walk away from it. When an army sergeant in Hays City tries to kill Bat and dies for his trouble, Bat heads for Dodge City where Ed, his brother, is city marshal and a candidate for county sheriff running against the corrupt Regan. Bat buys a share in a local saloon, partnering with the widow Lily. Then, after an ambush, Bat finds himself a candidate for sheriff and the heir to Ed's intentions toward Pauline, a minister's daughter. Can the upright but not always law-abiding gunslinger and saloon owner become a lawman and settle down? Or will trouble keep finding him?
    Written by jhailey


    Cast
    Joel McCrea ... Bat Masterson
    Julie Adams ... Pauline Howard
    John McIntire ... Doc Sam Tremaine
    Nancy Gates ... Lily, Lady Gay Saloon Owner
    Richard Anderson ... Dave Rudabaugh
    James Westerfield ... Rev. Howard
    Walter Coy ... Ben Townsend
    Don Haggerty ... Sheriff Jim Regan, Dodge City
    Wright King ... Billy Townsend
    Harry Lauter ... City Marshal Ed Masterson
    John Mitchum ... Rowdy Drunken Cowboy (uncredited)
    and many more...


    Directed
    Joseph M. Newman


    Writing Credits
    Daniel B. Ullman ... (screenplay) and
    Martin Goldsmith ... (screenplay) (as Martin M. Goldsmith)
    Daniel B. Ullman ... (story)


    Produced
    Walter Mirisch


    Music
    Hans J. Salter


    Cinematography
    Carl E. Guthrie


    Trivia
    The opening gunfight takes place in a different (and real) Kansas town, Hays City.
    The climactic gunfight takes place in Dodge City and is strikingly similar to the opening in Gunsmoke.


    Opening credits: All events, characters, firms and institutions in this photoplay are fictional and any similarity to any persons, living or dead, or to any actual events or to any actual firms or institutions is coincidental and unintentional.


    Goofs
    Continuity
    The man who bought Bat's saloon is Ben Townsend. After changing the marquee, it says Ben Thompson.


    Memorable Quotes


    Filming Locations
    Melody Ranch - 24715 Oak Creek Avenue, Newhall, California, USA

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

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  • The Gunfight at Dodge City is a 1959 color western film, set in the Kansas cattle town of Hays City.
    Directed by Joseph M. Newman, and starring Joel McCrea
    Julie Adams and John McIntire



    User Review


    No cane and derby hat here.1 December 2002 | by Mister-UHF (Virginia, USA)




    Quote from mister

    Absent from this film are Wyatt Earp, Masterson's close friend and colleague in Dodge City, and Masterson's dapper clothing, a lifelong trademark, two major flaws in the film. His avoidance of public office doesn't ring true, either. The plot itself takes considerable liberties with the truth. (The television series "Bat Masterson" was closer to the truth in spirit and sometimes in fact.)


    However, McCrea's intelligent and introspective portrayal of Masterson is on the mark. The acting of him and the rest of the cast carry the film, which is saddled with uninspired direction

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England