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* According to studio publicity materials, some scenes in the film were shot in and around Tucson, AZ. |
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* Filmed in [[Technicolor]]<ref>{{IMDb title|id=0051690}}</ref> and [[CinemaScope]].<ref name=AllRovi /> |
* Filmed in [[Technicolor]]<ref>{{IMDb title|id=0051690}}</ref> and [[CinemaScope]].<ref name=AllRovi /> |
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Director Phil Karlson says the film reduced Columbia studio head [[Harry Cohn]] to tears. "He had two sons and this was a story about a father and two sons. He identified completely."<ref name="phil">[http://cine-resort.blogspot.com/2014/10/phil-karlson.html Todd McCarthy and Richard Thompson. “Phil Karlson: Interview, November 19, 1973” Kings of the Bs; Working Within the Hollywood System, eds. Todd McCarthy and Charles Flynn (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1975), pp. 327-345. Rpt. Cine Resort, Oct. 7 2014]</ref> |
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Revision as of 08:03, 5 October 2017
| Gunman's Walk | |
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 1958 theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Phil Karlson |
| Written by | Ric Hardman |
| Screenplay by | Frank S. Nugent |
| Produced by | Fred Kohlmar |
| Starring | Van Heflin Tab Hunter Kathryn Grant |
| Cinematography | Charles Lawton Jr. |
| Edited by | Jerome Thoms |
| Music by | George Duning |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Gunman's Walk is a 1958 Technicolor Western CinemaScope film directed by Phil Karlson. It stars Van Heflin and Tab Hunter.[1]
Plot
Davy Hackett (James Darren) and his hot-tempered, arrogant older brother Ed (Tab Hunter) are about to assist their rancher father Lee (Van Heflin) on a cattle drive to Wyoming. The brothers meet Cecily "Clee" Chouard (Kathryn Grant), a beautiful half-French, half-Sioux woman, and when Ed makes unwanted advances toward her, Davy intervenes.
Clee's brother Paul (Bert Convy) is invited to join the cattle drive. Ed, obsessed with capturing a white mare, resents Paul's interference and pushes him off a cliff to his death. It is witnessed by two Indians, but when the case comes to court, Ed is released because Lee has bribed a man named Sieverts (Ray Teal) to lie that the death was an accident. Lee learns that Davy is in love with Clee and disowns him.
Sieverts is given 10 horses in exchange, but when he selects the white mare, Ed shoots him. Jailed once again, Ed shoots a deputy and escapes. Lee hunts down his own son and kills him, then leads Davy and Clee back to the ranch.
Cast
- Van Heflin as Lee Hackett
- Tab Hunter as Ed Hackett
- Kathryn Grant as Clee Chouard
- James Darren as Davy Hackett
- Mickey Shaughnessy as Deputy Sheriff Will Motely
- Robert F. Simon as Sheriff Harry Brill
- Edward Platt as Purcell Avery
- Ray Teal as Jensen Sieverts
- Paul Birch as Bob Selkirk
- Michael Granger as Curly
- Will Wright as Judge
- Bert Convy as Paul Chouard
Production notes
- Production Dates: 10 Dec-23 Dec 1957
- The film's working title was The Slicks.
- According to studio publicity materials, some scenes in the film were shot in and around Tucson, AZ.
- Filmed in Technicolor[2] and CinemaScope.[1]
Director Phil Karlson says the film reduced Columbia studio head Harry Cohn to tears. "He had two sons and this was a story about a father and two sons. He identified completely."[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b Gunman's Walk at AllMovie
- ^ Gunman's Walk at IMDb
- ^ Todd McCarthy and Richard Thompson. “Phil Karlson: Interview, November 19, 1973” Kings of the Bs; Working Within the Hollywood System, eds. Todd McCarthy and Charles Flynn (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1975), pp. 327-345. Rpt. Cine Resort, Oct. 7 2014
External links
- Gunman's Walk at IMDb
- Gunman's Walk at AllMovie
- Gunman's Walk at the TCM Movie Database
- Gunman's Walk at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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