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Five Guns to Tombstone
Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Screenplay by Richard Schayer
Jack De Witt
Story byArthur E. Orloff
(as Arthur Orloff)
Produced by Robert E. Kent
Starring James Brown
John Wilder
Walter Coy
Robert Karnes
Della Sharman
Cinematography Maury Gertsman
Edited byBernard Small
Music by Paul Sawtell
Bert Shefter
Production
companies
Zenith Pictures
Robert E. Kent Productions
Distributed by United Artists
Release dates
  • December 28, 1960 (1960-12-28) (Los Angeles)
  • January 8, 1961 (1961-01-08) (United States)
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Five Guns to Tombstone is a 1960 American Western film directed by Edward L. Cahn and starring James Brown, John Wilder, Walter Coy, Robert Karnes and Della Sharman. [1]

Plot

Young outlaw Billy Wade, determined to reform, is roped into a robbery by rich businessman George Landon then framed for it. Landon springs Billy's brother Matt from prison, on the condition he get Billy to go along with the theft. During a struggle for a gun Matt is accidentally killed, and his teenaged son Ted and others mistakenly believe Billy killed him in cold blood. Billy pretends to help bandit Ike Garvey but ultimately assists in his capture, earning Ted's forgiveness.

Cast

Production

The film's plotline and lines duplicate those of an earlier Edward Small production, Gun Belt (1953). [2]

References

  1. ^ Five Guns to Tombstone at TCMDB
  2. ^ "Five Guns to Tombstone (1960) - IMDb". IMDb.

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