''Red Sundown'' is a 1956 American

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directed by Jack Arnold and starring

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, Martha Hyer and

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. It was produced and distributed by

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.Dick p.162 It is based on the 1956 novel '' Back Trail'' by Lewis B. Patten and had the

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''Decision At Durango''.

Plot

Alec Longmire (

), a gunfighter, decides to change his ways after nearly losing his life. He reforms, becoming a deputy to Jade Murphy (

), an honest sheriff trapped between warring farmers and cattlemen. He also falls in love with the sheriff's daughter Caroline ( Martha Hyer) who despises gunslingers.

Cast

as Longmire * Martha Hyer as Caroline *

as Jade Murphy *

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as Rufus Henshaw * Grant Williams as Chet Swann * Lita Baron as Maria *

James Millican James Millican (February 17, 1910 – November 24, 1955) was an American actor with over 200 film appearances mostly in western movies. Millican was the son of Fred S. Millican, a circus owner, and Dorothy Millican. Millican was a clos ...

as Bud Purvis *

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as Sam Baldwin *

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as Rod Zellman * David Kasday as Hughie Clore

References

Bibliography

* Dick, Bernard F. ''City of Dreams: The Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures''. University Press of Kentucky, 2021. * Pitts, Michael R. ''Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films''. McFarland, 2012.

External links

* * * 1956 films Films based on American novels Films based on Western (genre) novels 1956 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films Films directed by Jack Arnold Films scored by Hans J. Salter Universal Pictures films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{1950s-US-Western-film-stub