Gunsmoke (1953)
Hired Gunslinger In A Lawless Land!
Reb Kittridge is hired by the villans but turns to defend the rancher Saxon after learning the true situation. Kittrige wins Saxon's ranch with a cut of the cards but Saxon has other reasons for loosing the gamble. Telford and Lake try everything from bushwacking to wildfire starting to stop the Saxon/Kittridge herd of cattle from reaching the railhead.
- Date of release
- 1953-05-04
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (20)
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Genres
- Western
- Director
- Nathan Juran
Casting
- Audie Murphy — Reb Kittredge
- Susan Cabot — Rita Saxon
- Paul Kelly — Dan Saxon
- Charles Drake — Johnny Lake
- Mary Castle — Cora Dufrayne
- Jack Kelly — Curly Mather
- Jesse White — Professor
- Donald Randolph — Matt Telford
- William Reynolds — Brazos
- Chubby Johnson — Doc Farrell
- Denver Pyle — Greasy (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Gunsmoke is a 1953 American Western film directed by Nathan Juran and starring Audie Murphy, Susan Cabot, and Paul Kelly. The film has no connection to the contemporary radio and later TV series of the same name. The film was based on the 1951 novel Roughshod by Norman A. Fox.
Production
The movie started filming in June 1952 under the title of Roughshod. It was the first of three Westerns Murphy made with Nathan Juran over two years. Filming took place in Big Bear Lake, California.
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