Man with the Gun

A stranger comes to town looking for his estranged wife. He finds her running the local girls. He also finds a town and sheriff afraid of their own shadow, scared of a landowner they never see who rules through his rowdy sidekicks. The stranger is a town tamer by trade, and he accepts a $500 commission to sort things out.

Cast

Robert Mitchum

as Clint Tollinger

Jan Sterling

as Nelly Bain

Karen Sharpe

as Stella Atkins

Henry Hull

as Marshal Lee Sims

Emile Meyer

as Saul Atkins

John Lupton

as Jeff Castle

Barbara Lawrence

as Ann Wakefield

Ted de Corsia

as "Frenchy" Lescaux

Leo Gordon

as Ed Pinchot

James Westerfield

as Mr. Zender

Reviews

John Chard

Robert Mitchum is......Man With The Gun. Clint Tollinger arrives in a small town looking for his estranged wife and news of his daughter, tho he finds her, the chance of any sort of reconciliation is very slim. Whilst here, the sheriff and the important townsfolk learn of Tollinger's reputation a...

Wuchak

_**Well done town-bound Western with Robert Mitchum, albeit in B&W**_ A gunman (Robert Mitchum) strolls into town in the Old West and is hired as a town-tamer. Henry Hull plays the aged and cautious marshal while John Lupton and Emile Meyer appear as citizens. Leo Gordon and Claude Akins are on h...

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