Red Sundown is a 1956 American Technicolor western film directed by Jack Arnold and starring Rory Calhoun, Martha Hyer and Dean Jagger.[1] It was produced and distributed by Universal-International Pictures.[2] It is based on the 1956 novel Back Trail by Lewis B. Patten and had the working title Decision At Durango.
| Red Sundown | |
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| Directed by | Jack Arnold |
| Screenplay by | Martin Berkeley |
| Based on | Back Trail by Lewis B. Patten |
| Produced by | Albert Zugsmith |
| Starring | Rory Calhoun Martha Hyer Dean Jagger |
| Cinematography | William E. Snyder |
| Edited by | Edward Curtiss |
| Music by | Hans J. Salter |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Universal-International Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
editAlec Longmire (Rory Calhoun), a gunfighter, decides to change his ways after nearly losing his life. He reforms, becoming a deputy to Jade Murphy (Dean Jagger), an honest sheriff trapped between warring farmers and cattlemen. He also falls in love with the sheriff's daughter Caroline (Martha Hyer) who despises gunslingers.
Cast
edit- Rory Calhoun as Longmire
- Martha Hyer as Caroline
- Dean Jagger as Jade Murphy
- Robert Middleton as Rufus Henshaw
- Grant Williams as Chet Swann
- Lita Baron as Maria
- James Millican as Bud Purvis
- Trevor Bardette as Sam Baldwin
- Leo Gordon as Rod Zellman
- David Kasday as Hughie Clore
References
editBibliography
edit- Dick, Bernard F. City of Dreams: The Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures. University Press of Kentucky, 2021.ISBN 978-0813120164
- Pitts, Michael R. Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films. McFarland, 2012. ISBN 978-0786463725
External links
edit- Red Sundown at IMDb
- Red Sundown at AllMovie
- Red Sundown at the TCM Movie Database
- Red Sundown at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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