Five Guns to Tombstone
'GUN DOWN THE KILLERS!" - The Bloody Day Tombstone got its name!
1961 | 71m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Edward L. Cahn |
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| Writer: | Richard Schayer, Jack DeWitt, Arthur E. Orloff |
| Staring: |
| Billy Wade is an ex-gunslinger who is approached by his outlaw brother Matt, not long out of prison, to help him with a big-time robbery. Matt forces Billy's participation with an offer he cannot refuse, unaware that Billy is actually working on the side of the law. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 07, 1961 |
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| Director: | Edward L. Cahn |
| Writer: | Richard Schayer, Jack DeWitt, Arthur E. Orloff |
| Genres: | Western |
| Keywords | prison, gang leader |
| Production Companies | Zenith Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| James Brown | Billy Wade |
| John Wilder | Ted Wade |
| Walter Coy | Ike Garvey |
| Robert Karnes | Matt Wade |
| Joe Haworth | Hoke |
| Quintin Sondergaard | Hank |
| Boyd 'Red' Morgan | Hoagie |
| Jon Locke | Rusty Kolloway |
| Della Sharman | Arlene |
| Gregg Palmer | Mel Dixon |
| Willis Bouchey | George Landon |
| John Eldredge | Endicott |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Edward L. Cahn | Director |
| Serge Krizman | Art Direction |
| Richard Schayer | Screenplay |
| Jack DeWitt | Screenplay |
| Arthur E. Orloff | Story |
| Paul Sawtell | Original Music Composer |
| Bert Shefter | Original Music Composer |
| Maury Gertsman | Director of Photography |
| Joseph Small | Production Manager |
| Herbert S. Greene | Assistant Director |
| Budd Friend | Set Decoration |
| Ralph Acton | Casting Director |
| Harry Thomas | Makeup Artist |
| Frances Sperry | Hairstylist |
| Max Frankel | Property Master |
| Irving Berlin | Editor |
| Al Bird | Sound Effects Editor |
| Edna Bullock | Music Editor |
| Bobbie Sierks | Script Supervisor |
| Einar Bourman | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Muriel Pool | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Buzz Gibson | Key Grip |
| Robert Post | Sound |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Robert E. Kent | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
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I sorta figure blood is thicker than good resolutions... Five Guns to Tombstone is directed by Edward L. Cahn and collectively written by Ricahrd Schayer, Jack De Witt and Arthur Orloff. It stars James Brown, Walter Coy, Robert Karness and Willis Bouchey. Paul Sawtell and Bert Shefter share compo ... sing duties and Maury Gertsman provides the cinematography. Not a lot to write home about here, where the plot treads familiar ground as reformed outlaw gets roped into bad ways again, and his brother is involved in the mess that follows. As some Western fans have rightly spotted, this is a remake of Ray Nazarro's Gun Belt from 1953. Itself not a great film, it is however the one to seek out in preference to this offering. Though made in 1960 this actually feels more like a 1940s Western, where an air of serial sogginess hangs over proceedings. Cahn appears to be one of those jobbing directors who studios turned to to haul a pic in on time. Everything is competently staged, the action etc, and the landscapes pleasing, but excitement is in short supply and the finale doesn't pay off for time invested in viewing. 4/10