''Frontier Gun'' is a 1958 American
Western
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*Western Junction, Tasmania, a locality in Australia
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film directed by
Paul Landres
Paul Landres (August 12, 1912 – December 26, 2001) was an American film and television editor and director. He directed episodes of ''The Lone Ranger'', '' Maverick'' and '' Flipper'', among many other TV series.
He directed the vampire film ...
and written by Stephen Kandel. The film stars
John Agar
John George Agar Jr. (January 31, 1921 – April 7, 2002) was an American film and television actor. He is best known for starring alongside John Wayne in the films ''Sands of Iwo Jima'', '' Fort Apache'', and '' She Wore a Yellow Ribbon''. In h ...
,
Joyce Meadows
Joyce Meadows (born Joyce Johanna Burger; born April 13, 1933 or 1935) is a Canadian-American film and television actress.
Life and career
Meadows was born in Arrowwood, Alberta, later moving with her family to Montana and then California. S ...
,
Barton MacLane
Barton MacLane (December 25, 1902 – January 1, 1969) was an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter. He appeared in many classic films from the 1930s through the 1960s, including his role as General Martin Peterson on the 1960s NBC ...
,
Robert Strauss,
Lyn Thomas
Lyn Thomas (born Jacqueline Thomas; 1929–2004) was an American stage, television
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and
James Griffith
James Jeffrey Griffith (February 13, 1916 – September 17, 1993) was an American character actor, musician and screenwriter.
Early life and career
Born in Los Angeles, California and raised in San Pedro, Griffith was the eldest of two born t ...
. The film was released on December 1, 1958, by
20th Century Fox
20th Century Studios, Inc., formerly 20th Century Fox, is an American film studio, film production and Film distributor, distribution company owned by the Walt Disney Studios (division), Walt Disney Studios, the film studios division of the ...
.
Plot
Cast
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John Agar
John George Agar Jr. (January 31, 1921 – April 7, 2002) was an American film and television actor. He is best known for starring alongside John Wayne in the films ''Sands of Iwo Jima'', '' Fort Apache'', and '' She Wore a Yellow Ribbon''. In h ...
as Sheriff Jim Crayle
*
Joyce Meadows
Joyce Meadows (born Joyce Johanna Burger; born April 13, 1933 or 1935) is a Canadian-American film and television actress.
Life and career
Meadows was born in Arrowwood, Alberta, later moving with her family to Montana and then California. S ...
as Peg Barton
*
Barton MacLane
Barton MacLane (December 25, 1902 – January 1, 1969) was an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter. He appeared in many classic films from the 1930s through the 1960s, including his role as General Martin Peterson on the 1960s NBC ...
as Simon Crayle
*
Robert Strauss as Yubo
*
Lyn Thomas
Lyn Thomas (born Jacqueline Thomas; 1929–2004) was an American stage, television
Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. Additionally, the term can refer to a physical television s ...
as Kate Durand
*
James Griffith
James Jeffrey Griffith (February 13, 1916 – September 17, 1993) was an American character actor, musician and screenwriter.
Early life and career
Born in Los Angeles, California and raised in San Pedro, Griffith was the eldest of two born t ...
as Cash Skelton
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Morris Ankrum
Morris Ankrum (August 28, 1897 – September 2, 1964) was an American radio, television, and film character actor.
Early life
Ankrum was born in Danville in Vermilion County in eastern Illinois, and pursued a career in law. After graduating ...
as Andrew Barton
*
Leslie Bradley
Leslie Ernest Bradley (1 September 1907 – 20 July 1974) was an English actor. He died in Desert Hot Springs, California.
Filmography
* '' The Way of Youth'' (1934) as Lieut. Burton (film debut)
* ''Play Up the Band'' (1935) as Jack Heck ...
as Rev. Jacob Hall
*
Doodles Weaver as Eph Loveman
*
Mike Ragan
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Animals
* Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum
* Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off
* Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and document ...
as Tanner
*Tom Daly as Cowhand
*Sammy Ogg as Virgil Barton
*George Brand as Judge Ard Becker
*
Claire Du Brey
Claire Du Brey (born Clara Violet Dubreyvich, August 31, 1892 – August 1, 1993) was an American actress. She appeared in more than 200 films from 1916 to 1959. Her name is sometimes rendered as Claire Du Bray or as Claire Dubrey.
Early y ...
as Bess Loveman
*
Dan White
Daniel James White (September 2, 1946 – October 21, 1985) was an American politician who assassinated George Moscone, the 37th mayor of San Francisco, and Harvey Milk, a fellow member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, inside San ...
as Sam Kilgore
*Dan Simmons as Harry Corman
*Sydney Mason as Doc Studdeford
References
External links
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1958 films
20th Century Fox films
American Western (genre) films
1958 Western (genre) films
Films directed by Paul Landres
Films scored by Paul Dunlap
1950s English-language films
1950s American films
English-language Western (genre) films
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