The Gambler Wore a Gun | |
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Directed by | Edward L. Cahn |
Written by | Owen Harris |
Based on | story by L.L. Foreman |
Produced by | Robert E. Kent |
Starring |
Jim Davis Merry Anders Addison Richards |
Cinematography | Floyd Crosby |
Production company | Zenith Pictures |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 66 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Gambler Wore a Gun is a 1961 Western film. The film is an uncredited remake of about five different B-westerns of the 1930s and 1940s. Some plot elements are also taken from 1954 western The Lone Gun, which starred George Montgomery. [1]
Case Silverhorn ( Jim Davis), a professional gambler, wants to retire from the gambling life and purchases a ranch through the mail. On the way there he saves the local Sheriff's life, who got into an ambush. The ambush did leave one man dead: the man Silverhorn purchased the ranch from is murdered before the title-deed can be recorded. Neither the Sheriff, nor the seller's children, Jud ( Don Dorrell) and Sharon Donovan ( Merry Anders) have any knowledge of the transaction and will not vacate the ranch. Taking a job at the local saloon, Case discovers that rustlers, unknown to the Donovans, are using the ranch-lands to hide the stolen cattle. Jud learns of the operation and is killed by the gang, and Case is framed for the murder.