''Gunfire'' is a 1950 American

western film The Western is a film genre defined by the American Film Institute as films which are "set in the American West that mbodythe spirit, the struggle, and the demise of the new frontier." Generally set in the American frontier between the Calif ...

directed by

William Berke William A. Berke (October 3, 1903 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – February 15, 1958 in Los Angeles, California) was an American film director, film producer, actor and screenwriter. He wrote, directed, and/or produced some 200 films over a three-dec ...

and starring Don Barry, Robert Lowery and

Pamela Blake Pamela Blake (August 6, 1915 – October 6, 2009) was an American film actress who acted in almost 50 films. She is known primarily for her roles in Western films and serials. Early years Blake was born in Oakland, California as Adele Pea ...

. It was made as a

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and released by

Lippert Pictures Lippert Pictures was an American film production and distribution company controlled by Robert L. Lippert. History Robert L. Lippert (1909–1976) was a successful exhibitor, owning a chain of movie theaters in California and Oregon. He was frust ...

while

Exclusive Films Hammer Film Productions Ltd. is a British film production company based in London. Founded in 1934, the company is best known for a series of Gothic horror and fantasy films made from the mid-1950s until the 1970s. Many of these involve classi ...

distributed it in Britain. It was also known by the

alternative title An alternative title is a media sales device most prominently used in film distribution. Books and films are commonly released under a different title when they are screened or sold in a different country. This can vary from small change to the ...

''Frank James Rides Again''.FRANK JAMES RIDES AGAIN Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 20, Iss. 228, (Jan 1, 1953): 35.

Plot

Frank James' plans at a quiet life are threatened by the arrival of a lookalike.

Cast

* Don Barry as Frank James * Robert Lowery as Sheriff John Kelly *

Wally Vernon Walter J. Vernon (May 27, 1905 – March 7, 1970) was an American comic and character actor and dancer. Early life Vernon was born in New York City in 1905. He was in show business from the age of three, appearing in vaudeville and stock thea ...

as Clem *

as Cynthy * Claude Stroud as Joe Mundy *

Leonard Penn Leonard Penn (13 November 1907 – 20 May 1975) was an American film, television and theatre actor. Early life and education Penn was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, to parents Marcus Penn and Eva Monson. He majored in drama at Columbia Un ...

as Dan Simons *

Steve Pendleton Steve Pendleton (September 16, 1908 – October 3, 1984) was an American film and television actor. He also went by Gaylord Pendleton as a Broadway performer. He was in more than 220 different films and television episodes. Pendleton appea ...

as Charlie Ford *

Tommy Farrell Tommy Farrell (born Thomas Farrell Richards; October 7, 1921 – May 9, 2004) was an American actor who appeared in over 100 films and TV series between 1944 and 1983. He was best known for his sidekick roles in the B movies (Hollywood Golden ...

as Lerner *

Dean Riesner Dean Riesner (November 3, 1918 – August 18, 2002) was an American film and television writer. Biography Riesner was born in New Rochelle, New York. His father, Charles Reisner, was a German American silent film director, and Dean began actin ...

as Outlaw Mack * Paul Jordan as Johnny James *

Steve Conte Steve Conte is an American musician, songwriter, guitarist, music producer, and lead singer of the band Steve Conte NYC. He has worked with Japanese composer Yoko Kanno on a variety of anime soundtracks including ''Wolf's Rain'', ''Cowboy Bebop ...

as Matt Riley * Roger Anderson as Bob Ford * Gilbert Fallman as Bank President * Kathleen Magginetti as Amy James * William Bailey as Second Sheriff *

Jan Sterling Jan Sterling (born Jane Sterling Adriance; April 3, 1921 – March 26, 2004) was an American film, television and stage actress. At her most active in films during the 1950s (immediately prior to which she had joined the Actors Studio), Sterling ...

as Flo - Saloon Girl *

Barbara Wooddell Barbara Woodell (born Barbara Mae Smith; May 25, 1910 – January 16, 1997) was an American stage, film and television actress, born in Lewistown, Illinois. Taking the stage name Woodell after her grandmother's name, she was married to composer ...

as Emily James

References

External links

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''Gunfire''
at BFI 1950 films American Western (genre) films 1950s English-language films Films directed by William A. Berke 1950 Western (genre) films Lippert Pictures films American black-and-white films 1950s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{1950s-US-Western-film-stub