The Bounty Hunter

The Bounty Hunter (1954)

When the law put up the money The Bounty Hunter put on his guns!

A year after a violent train robbery, the Pinkerton detective agency hires a bounty hunter to find the three remaining killers. He tracks them to Twin Forks but has no clue to their identity. Tensions surface as just his presence in town acts as a catalyst.

Date of release
1954-09-25
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (24)
Runtime
1h 19m
Genres
Western, Action
Director
André de Toth

Casting

Interesting facts

The Bounty Hunter is a 1954 American Western film directed by Andre DeToth and starring Randolph Scott, Marie Windsor and Dolores Dorn. It was the last of six Randolph Scott westerns with DeToth and the first film to feature a bounty hunter as its hero. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was filmed in 3D but released in standard format, though a 3D print exists in the Warner archives. Stock footage from the 1952 film Carson City is used at the beginning of the film. Portions of the film were shot on location in California at Red Rock Canyon and the Mojave Desert.

Production notes

Critics responded favorably to DeToth's skills as a director, especially his ability to seamlessly integrate 3D effects into the picture as well as for his long tracking shots filmed on location. Unlike other films of the early 50s that were shot in color, The Bounty Hunter's color photography still shows well to more modern audiences.

Winston Miller's screenplay included notable dialogue such as Kipp explaining that one reason he was a bounty hunter rather than a lawman was that he could enforce the law but didn't have to "to break up fights or throw drunks in jail." When asked by the town sheriff why he became a bounty hunter, Kipp counts his cash reward, replying, "I'm counting the reasons." Another scene features Julie, whose father is a doctor, criticizing Kipp's gun in co…

Near the movie's conclusion, Julie and Alice fight over a gun. Although much of the fight was omitted from the film's final edit, pre-release publicity promoted it as a fight where "blonde Dolores Dorn and brunette Marie Windsor stage their own hair-pulling, scratching, swinging scrimmage." DeToth allegedly filmed the scene in one take, without a rehearsal, and encouraged the women to actually fight each other.

Contemporary critics have pointed out that Kipp's marriage to Julie, played by Dolores Dorn, who was 36 years his junior, seems unusual to current movie audiences. The Bounty Hunter was Dorn's screen debut.

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