Man with the Gun

1955 83 min ★ 6.1 Western

A stranger comes to town looking for his estranged wife. He finds her running the local girls. He also finds a town and sheriff afraid of their own shadow, scared of a landowner they never see who rules through his rowdy sidekicks. The stranger is a town tamer by trade, and he accepts a $500 commission to sort things out.

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Cast

Robert Mitchum

Clint Tollinger

Jan Sterling

Nelly Bain

Karen Sharpe

Stella Atkins

Henry Hull

Marshal Lee Sims

Emile Meyer

Saul Atkins

John Lupton

Jeff Castle

Barbara Lawrence

Ann Wakefield

Ted de Corsia

"Frenchy" Lescaux

Leo Gordon

Ed Pinchot

James Westerfield

Mr. Zender

Details

Director

Richard Wilson

Screenplay

Richard Wilson

Tagline

"A man who lived and breathed violence!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

United Artists, Formosa Productions

Reviews

J

John Chard

January 25, 2017

★ 7/10

Robert Mitchum is......Man With The Gun. Clint Tollinger arrives in a small town looking for his estranged wife and news of his daughter, tho he finds her, the chance of any sort of reconciliation is very slim. Whilst here, the sheriff and the important townsfolk learn of Tollinger's reputation as a pistol specialist town tamer. As they are living in fear of a mysterious landowner who is stripp...

W

Wuchak

April 24, 2021

★ 7/10

_**Well done town-bound Western with Robert Mitchum, albeit in B&W**_ A gunman (Robert Mitchum) strolls into town in the Old West and is hired as a town-tamer. Henry Hull plays the aged and cautious marshal while John Lupton and Emile Meyer appear as citizens. Leo Gordon and Claude Akins are on hand as heavies. "Man with the Gun" (1955) is a quality town-bound Western with Robert Mitchum tow...