Rimfire
Every Man's Back Was A Target For His VENGEANCE!
1949 | 63m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | B. Reeves Eason |
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| Writer: | Frank Wisbar, Ron Ormond, Arthur St. Claire |
| Staring: |
| An undercover Army captain links missing gold and murder to a gambler's ghost. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 25, 1949 |
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| Director: | B. Reeves Eason |
| Writer: | Frank Wisbar, Ron Ormond, Arthur St. Claire |
| Genres: | Western |
| Keywords | secret service |
| Production Companies | Screen Guild Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| James Millican | Capt. Tom Harvey |
| Mary Beth Hughes | Polly |
| Reed Hadley | The Abilene Kid |
| Henry Hull | Nathaniel Greeley |
| Victor Kilian | Sheriff Jim Jordan |
| Fuzzy Knight | Porky Hodges |
| Chris-Pin Martin | Chico |
| George Cleveland | Judge Gardner |
| Margia Dean | Lolita |
| Ray Bennett | Barney Bernard |
| Glenn Strange | Curt Calvin |
| John Cason | Blazer |
| Jason Robards Sr. | Elkins (Banker) |
| I. Stanford Jolley | Toad Tyler |
| Ben Erway | Deputy Sheriff Harry Wilson |
| Stanley Price | Lamson |
| Lee Roberts | Jesse Norton |
| Don C. Harvey | Rainbow Raymond |
| Cliff Taylor | Bartender |
| Richard Alexander | Karl Weber |
| Marjorie Stapp | Mary (Saloon Girl) |
| Victor Adamson | Barfly (uncredited) |
| George Bell | Charlie (uncredited) |
| Ivan Bell | Trial Spectator (uncredited) |
| Dee Cooper | Gang Member (uncredited) |
| Elias Gamboa | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Ray Jones | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Frank Matts | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Merrill McCormick | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Bob McElroy | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Rose Plumer | Townswoman (uncredited) |
| Jack Tornek | Townsman (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Frank Wisbar | Screenplay |
| Ron Ormond | Screenplay |
| B. Reeves Eason | Director |
| Arthur St. Claire | Screenplay |
| Nevada Penn | Wardrobe Master |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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There's quite a lot to enjoy in this quickly paced little spooky western. It all starts with an attempt to hijack the stagecoach, one that is luckily thwarted by "Harvey" (James Millican). One of those he rescues happens to be the neice of the local sheriff, and soon he finds himself deputised. "The ... Abilene Kid" (Reed Hadley), meantime, gets himself into a bit of bother with some marked cards, and after a cursory court hearing under the jurisdiction of the no-nonsense "Judge Gardner" (George Cleveland) is sentenced to hang. Now the film gets interesting. He was found guilty by public acclamation (i.e. a vote of those in the courtroom, rather than by a formal jury) - 11 to 6. Shortly after his execution, some of the eleven start to go the way of the dodo - and the townsfolk start to suspect a ghost! Could it be the "Kid" back for vengeance on this who wronged him? There's a decent sub-plot about some missing gold, too - just to keep it interesting, and a little romance with "Polly" (Mary Beth Hughes). The ending is a bit rushed, but hough the production is pretty basic and the acting really unremarkable, the whole is better than the sum of the parts and we are presented with an entertaining film for an hour.