Shotgun( 1955)

TV-MAWestern

53%

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ROPEBAIT and RIFFRAFF...hot-blooded gunman and trail town Jezebel...

Overview

Clay Hardin, a Deputy U.S. Marshal, is about to turn in his badge and take the job as the territory's Indian commissioner until the notorious Ben Thompson slays the marshal when he tried to make an arrest. Clay turns his back on a white-collar job and his girl to pursue the gang. Picking up a bounty hunter and a beautiful half-breed woman along the way, the little band follows the trail into Apache land where the lawman discovers that the outlaws plan to sell repeating rifles to the Indians.

Top Billed Cast

Sterling Hayden
Clay Hardin
Yvonne De Carlo
Abby
Zachary Scott
Reb Carlton
Guy Prescott
Ben Thompson
Fiona Hale
Midge
Angela Greene
Aletha
Lane Chandler
Fletcher
Robert J. Wilke
Bentley (as Robert Wilke)
Paul Marion
Delgadito
John Pickard
Perez
Ralph Sanford
Chris
Rory Mallinson
Frank
Ward Wood
Ed
Al Wyatt Sr.
Greybar (as Al Wyatt)
Harry Harvey Jr.
Davey

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A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on Tue Sep 07 2021

_**Psychological explorations in the magnificent wilds of the Southwest**_ A Deputy Marshal in Arizona (Sterling Hayden) goes after a ruthless killer (Guy Prescott) in the sunny wasteland, where he meets a spitfire (Yvonne De Carlo) and a suave bounty hunter (Zachary Scott). “Shotgun” (1955) is an obscure 50’s Western so my expectations weren’t exactly great, but it’s actually pretty unique and commendable. At first, I thought it was going to be a town-bound Western, but the movie was shot primarily in the spectacular desert wilderness of the heart of Arizona. Hayden is laconic and determ...