A LAWLESS STREET
aka The Marshal of Medicine Bend
DIRECTED BY JOSEPH H. LEWIS
PRODUCED BY HARRY J. BROWN/ RANDOLPH SCOTT
PRODUCERS-ACTORS CORPORATION
A SCOTT-BROWN PRODUCTION
COLUMBIA PICTURES CORPORATION
INFORMATION FROM IMDb
Plot Summary
The marshal of Medicine Bend is tired and alone. Tired of killing to keep himself from being killed; alone because of an unspoken past disappointment. The realisation that someone in town is paying to have him killed and the arrival with a show troupe of the special someone from the past coincide to force more than one type of showdown.
Written by Jeremy Perkins
Cast
Randolph Scott ... Marshal Calem Ware
Angela Lansbury ... Tally Dickenson
Warner Anderson ... Hamer Thorne
Jean Parker ... Cora Dean
Wallace Ford ... Dr. Amos Wynn
John Emery ... Cody Clark
James Bell ... Asaph Dean
Ruth Donnelly ... Molly Higgins
Michael Pate ... Harley Baskam
Don Megowan ... Dooley Brion
Jeanette Nolan ... Mrs. Dingo Brion
and many more...
Directed
Joseph H. Lewis
Writing Credits
Kenneth Gamet ... (screenplay)
Brad Ward ... (story)
Produced
Harry Joe Brown ... producer
Randolph Scott ... associate producer
Music
Paul Sawtell
Cinematography
Ray Rennahan ... director of photography
Goofs
Audio/visual unsynchronised
At the theater the band plays an introduction with the conductor playing a violin while alternately using the bow as a baton. Near the end of the number he plays the violin for three notes with no sound; then, he holds the bow as a baton and the three notes are played.
Continuity
(at around 18 mins) Dingo's widow and Dooley are in front of the marshal's office and Marshal Ware hands Dooley Dingo's gun and personal effects. Dooley throws the gun and belt onto the ground and later he throws the five Double Eagles on the ground at the same spot. After they leave, Marshal Ware picks up the five coins, but the gun and belt are not on the ground and were never picked up.
When Dingo's effects are presented to the Marshall in his office the holster rig and pistol are completely different from the rig shown in the closeup at the beginning of the film as Dingo rides into town.
When bad guy Harley Baskam is preparing to face the marshal for the second time, from a rear view he has on both gloves, but when the camera cuts to his front, one glove is off his right hand.
Revealing mistakes
Randolph Scott's stunt double in the bar fight with Dooley has noticeably darker hair without a trace of the salt-and-pepper running throughout the original's hair.
Filming Locations
Columbia/Warner Bros. Ranch - 411 North Hollywood Way, Burbank, California, USA (town scenes)
French Ranch, Hidden Valley Road, Thousand Oaks, California, USA