''Guns of a Stranger'' is a 1973 American

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film directed by Robert Hinkle and written by Charles W. Aldridge. The film stars

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, Dovie Beams, Steven Tackett, Bill Coontz and Shug Fisher. The film was released on May 1, 1973, by

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Plot

Marty Robbins plays a sheriff who is attacked by a young gunfighter. After he kills the gunfighter in self defense, he quits being a lawman and becomes a singing drifter. Marty drifts into a war between honest folks and a gang of crooks. Note: Ronny Robbins is Marty's real-life son.

Cast

as Sheriff Matthew Roberts *

as Tom Duncan * Dovie Beams as Virginia Duncan *Steven Tackett as Danny Duncan * Bill Coontz as Ace Gorenum * Shug Fisher as Shug Meadows *Tom Hartman as Harley Rutledge *Charles W. Aldridge as Clyde Terlan *Ronny Robbins as Alfred Bearden *Melody Hinkle as Faye Bearden *Mark Reed as Young Outlaw *Don Winters as Axe Mayhew *Bobby Sykes as Bob Bishop * Fred Graham as Sheriff Stoner *Phil Strassberg as Nathan Cryder *Al Wood as Fight Promoter *Harold Wells as Tiger Wells *Jack Swank as Bartender *Du Shon as Blackie *Glenn Bond as Stagecoach Guard *Jim Mooney as Deputy *Jenny Needham as Sadie Ketcham *Nudie as Blacksmith *Ron Nix as Indian

References

External links

* 1973 films American Western (genre) films 1973 Western (genre) films Universal Pictures films 1970s English-language films 1970s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{1970s-US-film-stub