''The Lone Gun'' is a 1954 American

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film directed by

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and starring George Montgomery and Dorothy Malone. It was originally known as ''Adios My Texas''.

Plot

After he drifts into town with Fairweather, a card-playing partner, Cruze accepts a job as town marshal and takes on the corrupt Moran brothers, cattle rustlers who are cheating rancher Charlotte Downing and her brother Cass. Cruze had previously been a lawman in another town but when the townspeople turned its back on him and refused to help out in his hour of need, Cruze vowed to never wear another badge. The same thing seems to happen in his new job until he discovers that Fairweather is ''not'' a "fair weather friend".

Cast

* George Montgomery as Cruze * Dorothy Malone as Charlotte Downing * Frank Faylen as Fairweather * Neville Brand as Tray Moran *

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as Cass Downing * Douglas Kennedy as Gad Moran *

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as Bartender * Fay Roope as Mayor Booth * Robert Wilke as Hort Moran

References

External links

* * 1954 films American Western (genre) films 1954 Western (genre) films Films produced by Edward Small 1950s English-language films United Artists films Films directed by Ray Nazarro 1950s American films Films with screenplays by Richard Schayer {{1950s-Western-film-stub