Gun Glory

Gun Glory (1957)

With rifle or pistol - he was the fastest deadliest shot of the western plains!

An ex-gunslinger returns home; shunned by townsfolk he is the only one who knows how to stop a ruthless cattleman from driving his herd through their town.

Date of release
1957-07-19
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (21)
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
Western
Director
Roy Rowland

Casting

Interesting facts

Gun Glory is a 1957 American Metrocolor Western film directed by Roy Rowland starring Stewart Granger and Rhonda Fleming.

Production

The film was based on an original story by Cyril Hume according to one account. Another says it was based on the novel Man of the West by Philip Yordan which Ben Maddow says he wrote under Yordan's name. Maddow also claims to have written the script. Yordan said "But if you read the screenplay, you'll see it fits the hero character that I've always written. I've always written the one character. The hero.

It was one of a series of Westerns MGM started making following the success of The Fastest Gun Alive.

Robert Horton was originally announced as star. Then Stewart Granger was assigned to star. The film was made towards the end of Granger's contract with MGM and he felt they assigned him to this low-budget film to punish him for not renewing with the studio.

He appeared opposite Steve Rowland, the son of the director.

Burl Ives was to play the preacher but had to withdraw and was replaced by Chill Wills. However the music recorded by Ives for the film was retained in the finished production.

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