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