''Last Train from Gun Hill'' is a 1959 Western in VistaVision and Technicolor, directed by John Sturges. It stars

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, Anthony Quinn and Earl Holliman. Douglas and Holliman had previously appeared together in Sturges' '' Gunfight at the O.K. Corral'' (1957), which used much of the same crew.

Plot

Two old friends, Matt Morgan (

) and Craig Belden ( Anthony Quinn), now find themselves on opposite sides of the law. Belden, a rich cattle baron, is the de facto ruler of the town of Gun Hill. Morgan is a U.S. Marshal living in another town with his Native American/Indian wife (played by

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) and young son, Petey. Two young drunken cowboys rape and murder Morgan's wife while she is returning with their son from a visit to her father. The boy escapes on one of the killers' horses which bears a distinctive, fancy saddle. Morgan sets off to find the killer. His one clue is the saddle, which he recognizes as belonging to Belden. Assuming it was stolen from his old friend, Morgan travels to the town of Gun Hill to pick up the trail, but once there he quickly realizes that Belden's son Rick ( Earl Holliman) is the killer. Belden refuses to turn over his son, forcing Morgan to go against the entire town. Morgan vows to capture Rick and get him on that night's last train from Gun Hill. Morgan takes Rick prisoner, holding him at the hotel. Belden sends men to rescue his son, but Morgan manages to hold them off. In the meantime, Belden's former lover (

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) decides to help Morgan. She sneaks a shotgun to his hotel room. The second rapist, Lee, sets fire to the hotel to flush out Morgan. Morgan presses the shotgun to Rick's chin on the way to the train depot, threatening to pull the trigger if anyone attempts to stop him. Lee tries to kill Morgan but shoots Rick instead. Morgan then kills Lee with the shotgun. As the train prepares to leave, a devastated Belden confronts Morgan in a final showdown and is gunned down.

Cast

as Marshal Matt Morgan * Anthony Quinn as Craig Belden *

as Linda * Earl Holliman as Rick Belden *

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as Beero * Brian G. Hutton as Lee Smithers (as Brian Hutton) *

as Catherine Morgan * Bing Russell as Skag * Val Avery as Steve, Horseshoe Bartender * Walter Sande as Sheriff Bartlett

Filming locations

The movie was filmed in and around

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outside of

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, Sonoita, Arizona, as well as at Paramount Studios and their back lot in

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Comic book adaptation

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#1012 (July 1959)

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