''Town Tamer'' is a 1965 American

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film directed by

Lesley Selander Lesley Selander (May 26, 1900 – December 5, 1979) was an American film director of Western (genre), Westerns and adventure film, adventure movies. His career as director, spanning 127 feature films and dozens of TV episodes, lasted from 1936 to ...

, written by Frank Gruber, and starring Dana Andrews, Terry Moore, Pat O'Brien, Lon Chaney Jr., Bruce Cabot, Lyle Bettger and Richard Arlen. It was released on July 7, 1965, by

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Plot

Saloon owner Riley Condor pays Lee Ring $2000 to kill aged gunman-for-hire Tom Rosser. In attempting to shoot Rosser in the back at night, Ring misses and kills Rosser's wife instead. Rosser goes to Great Plains, supposedly to look over property, but his agenda is to kill Condor. Word gets around that Rosser is in town and Condor realizes that his gunslinging henchmen, Horsinger, Tavenner, Slim Akins, Flon and Ring, are no match for Rosser, and he sets in motion a plan that will use the law to eliminate Rosser.

Cast

* Dana Andrews as Tom Rosser * Terry Moore as Susan Tavenner * Pat O'Brien as Judge Murcott * Lon Chaney Jr. as Mayor Charlie Leach * Bruce Cabot as Riley Condor * Lyle Bettger as Lee Ring / Marshal Les Parker * Richard Arlen as Doctor Kent * Barton MacLane as James Fenimore Fell * Richard Jaeckel as Deputy Johnny Honsinger * Philip Carey as Jim Akins * Sonny Tufts as Carmichael * Coleen Gray as Carol Rosser *

DeForest Kelley Jackson DeForest Kelley (January 20, 1920 – June 11, 1999) was an American actor, screenwriter, poet, and singer. He was known for his roles in film and television Western (genre), Westerns and achieved international fame as Dr. Leonard McCoy ...

as Guy Tavenner * Jeanne Cagney as Mary Donley * Don "Red" Barry as 'Tex' *

James Brown James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, and record producer. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century music, he is referred to by Honorific nick ...

as Davis * Richard Webb as Kevin *Roger Torrey as Mike Flon * Robert Ivers as Cowboy * Bob Steele as Ken *

Dale Van Sickel Dale Harris Van Sickel (November 29, 1907 – January 25, 1977) was an American college football, basketball and baseball player during the 1920s, who later became a Hollywood motion picture actor and stunt performer for over forty years. Van ...

as Bartender *Dinny Powell as Cook * Frank Gruber as Hotel Clerk

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* 1965 films 1960s English-language films Paramount Pictures films American Western (genre) films 1965 Western (genre) films Films directed by Lesley Selander Films produced by A. C. Lyles Films scored by Jimmie Haskell 1960s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{1960s-US-film-stub

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