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Last Train from Gun Hill ()

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A marshal tries to bring the son of an old friend, an autocratic cattle baron, to justice for his role in the rape and murder of the marshal's Native American wife.
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Marshal Matt Morgan
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Craig Belden
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Linda
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Rick Belden
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Beero
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Lee Smithers (as Brian Hutton)
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Catherine Morgan
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Skag
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Steve, Horseshoe Bartender'
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Sheriff Bartlett
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Craig's Man (uncredited)
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Salesman in Horseshoe (uncredited)
Emile Avery ...
Townsman (uncredited)
Michael Bachus ...
Townsmen (uncredited)
Kenneth Becker ...
Cowboy (uncredited)
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Barfly (uncredited)
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Small Man in Horseshoe (uncredited)
Arthur Berkeley ...
Townsman (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
Paul Bradley ...
Townsman (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
Frank Carter ...
Train Passenger (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Luke (uncredited)
Bud Cokes ...
Townsman (uncredited)
Russell Custer ...
Townsman (uncredited)
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Train Passenger (uncredited)
Vera Denham ...
Townswoman (uncredited)
Joe Evans ...
Townsman (uncredited)
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Man Cleaning Saloon Room (uncredited)
Raoul Freeman ...
Waiter (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Deputy Andy (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Craig's Man Waiting in Horseshoe (uncredited)
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Cowboy Loafer (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
Rusty Havens ...
Boy (uncredited)
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Barfly (uncredited)
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Townsmen (uncredited)
Lars Henderson ...
Petey Morgan (uncredited)
Len Hendry ...
Man in Harper House Lobby (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Boy (uncredited)
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Departing Train Passenger (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
Tex Lambert ...
Townsman (uncredited)
Kim Leslie ...
Townswoman (uncredited)
Baron James Lichter ...
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Jack Lilley ...
Townsman (uncredited)
Jack Lomas ...
Charlie (uncredited)
Mara Lynn ...
Minnie (uncredited)
Mike Mahoney ...
Drummer on Train (uncredited)
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Storekeeper (uncredited)
Raymond A. McWalters ...
Wounded Gunman (uncredited)
Walter Merrill ...
Train Conductor (uncredited)
King Mojave ...
Townsman (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Harper House Clerk (uncredited)
John Quijada ...
Barfly (uncredited)
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Townswoman (uncredited)
Alan Roberts ...
Boy (uncredited)
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Train Conductor (uncredited)
Jerry Rush ...
Barfly (uncredited)
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Pinto (uncredited)
Carl Saxe ...
Craig's Man (uncredited)
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Saloon Dealer (uncredited)
Court Shepard ...
Cowboy (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Townsman (uncredited)
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Henchman (uncredited)
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Keno (uncredited)
Dante Charles Stradella ...
Townsman (uncredited)
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Gun Hill Bouncer (uncredited)
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Horseshoe Cleaning Man (uncredited)
Harriette Tarler ...
Townswoman (uncredited)
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Roomer (uncredited)
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Barfly (uncredited)
Fred Walton ...
Barfly (uncredited)
Robin Warga ...
Boy (uncredited)
Chalky Williams ...
Townsman (uncredited)
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Jake (uncredited)

Directed by

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John Sturges

Written by

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Les Crutchfield ... (story "Showdown")
 
James Poe ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Kirk Douglas ... executive producer (uncredited)
Paul Nathan ... associate producer
Hal B. Wallis ... producer

Music by

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Dimitri Tiomkin

Cinematography by

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Charles Lang ... director of photography (as Charles Lang Jr.)

Editorial Department

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Warren Low ... editorial supervisor
Richard Mueller ... color consultant: Technicolor

Casting By

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Edward R. Morse ... (uncredited)

Art Direction by

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Hal Pereira
Walter H. Tyler ... (as Walter Tyler)

Set Decoration by

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Sam Comer
Ray Moyer

Costume Design by

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Edith Head

Makeup Department

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Nellie Manley ... hair styles supervisor
Wally Westmore ... makeup supervisor
Hedy Mjorud ... hair stylist (uncredited)
Harry Ray ... makeup artist (uncredited)
Frank Westmore ... makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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Richard Blaydon ... unit production manager (uncredited)
Frank Caffey ... production manager (uncredited)
Curtis Mick ... assistant production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Michael D. Moore ... assistant director (as D. Michael Moore)
Lloyd Allen ... second assistant director (uncredited)
Ralph Axness ... second assistant director (uncredited)
Daniel McCauley ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Romaine Birkmeyer ... prop buyer (uncredited)
Cline Jones ... prop buyer (uncredited)
Gene Lauritzen ... construction coordinator (uncredited)
Robert McCrellis ... props (uncredited)
Dwight Thompson ... props (uncredited)
Dee Turner ... stand-by painter (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Winston H. Leverett ... sound recordist (as Winston Leverett)
Harold Lewis ... sound recordist
R.D. Cook ... sound recordist (uncredited)
Nick Gerolimates ... sound cableman (uncredited)
Hayden Hohstadt ... mike grip (uncredited)
Bud Parman ... boom operator (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Farciot Edouart ... process photography
John P. Fulton ... special photographic effects

Stunts

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Eric Alden ... stunts (uncredited)
Polly Burson ... stunt double: Ziva Rodann (uncredited)
Fred Carson ... stunt double (uncredited)
Ann Duncan ... stunt double: Lars Henderson, Jr. (uncredited)
Jerry Gatlin ... stunts (uncredited)
Erwin Neal ... stunt double: Brian Hutton (uncredited)
Carl Saxe ... stunts (uncredited)
Henry Wills ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Guy Bennett ... camera operator (uncredited)
Mal Bulloch ... still photographer (uncredited)
Howard Cashion ... camera mechanic (uncredited)
William Collins ... grip (uncredited)
Ed Crowder ... grip (uncredited)
Pat Drew ... gaffer (uncredited)
Frank Dugas ... camera operator (uncredited)
Bud Fraker ... still photographer (uncredited)
Cecil Gardiner ... grip (uncredited)
Archie Gardner ... grip (uncredited)
James Grant ... first assistant camera (uncredited)
James Hawley ... first assistant camera (uncredited)
Warren Hoag ... best boy (uncredited)
W. Wallace Kelley ... camera operator (uncredited)
Thomas E. 'Pep' Lee ... electrician (uncredited)
Rollie Lilly ... grip (uncredited)
Kyme Meade ... camera operator (uncredited)
Terry K. Meade ... loader (uncredited)
Lorne Netten ... electrician (uncredited)
Dave Perry ... electrician (uncredited)
Joe Schuster ... electrician (uncredited)
Dominic Seminerio ... grip (uncredited)
Walter Sullivan ... generator operator (uncredited)
Paul Uhl ... camera operator (uncredited)
Edward Wahrman ... camera assistant (uncredited)
Herb Welts ... grip (uncredited)

Casting Department

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William Cowitt ... casting (uncredited)
Bill Greenwald ... casting (uncredited)
Alice Moriarty ... casting secretary (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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John A. Anderson ... costumes: men (uncredited)
Bud Clark ... wardrobe (uncredited)
Grace Harris ... costumes: women (uncredited)

Location Management

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Bill Gray ... location auditor (uncredited)

Music Department

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Dimitri Tiomkin ... conductor
Maurice De Packh ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Manuel Emanuel ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Michael Heindorf ... orchestrator (uncredited)
George Parrish ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Herbert Taylor ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Marvin Weldon ... script supervisor (uncredited)

Transportation Department

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Al Latta ... transportation (uncredited)
L.D. McKnight ... transportation (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Bill Hurley ... livestock (uncredited)
Bob Miles ... wrangler (uncredited)
Richard Rabis ... craft service (uncredited)
Pedro Regaldo ... staff (uncredited)
Jack Saper ... assistant to producer (uncredited)
Art Sarno ... publicist (uncredited)
Manuel Vasquez ... staff (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

The wife of marshal Matt Morgan is raped and murdered. The killers leave behind a distinctive saddle, that Morgan recognises as belonging to his old friend Craig Belden, now cattle baron in the town of Gun Hill. Belden is sympathetic, until it transpires that one of the murderers is his own son Rick, whom he refuses to hand over. Morgan is determined to capture Rick and take him away by the 9.00 train; but he is trapped in the town alone, with Belden and all his men now looking to kill him. Written by David Levene

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Also Known As
  • Last Train from Laredo (United States)
  • Showdown (United States)
  • Showdown at Gun Hill (United States)
  • One Angry Day (United States)
  • Last Train from Harper's Junction (United States)
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Trivia During the final shootout, Morgan was supposed to beat Smithers to the draw. However, the actor playing Smithers, Brian G. Hutton kept beating Douglas to the draw. Finally it was decided that Kirk Douglas should be holding a shotgun thereby ending that argument. Afterwards Douglas remarked "Can you imagine that upstart beating me to the draw?" Anthony Quinn said, "Don't worry about it Kirk we'll get him in the editing room." See more »
Goofs On its way to Gun Hill, the train has four cars. By the time it reaches the station, there are only two, and the baggage car is a different one than before. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Image Book (2018). See more »
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Quotes Rick Belden, Craig's Son: Don't take no guts to kill a man when he's cuffed!
Marshal Matt Morgan: Takes guts not to. Be too easy on ya. You'd die too quick. I know an old man who'd like to kill you, Belden - the Indian way: slow. That's how I'm gonna do it: slow - but the white man's way. First you stand trial. That takes a fair amount of time, and you'll do a lot of sweating! Then they'll sentence ya. I never seen a man who didn't get sick to his stomach when he heard the kind of sentence you'll draw. After that you'll sit in a cell and wait, maybe for months, thinking how that rope will feel around your neck. Then they'll come around, some cold morning, just before sun-up. They'll tie your arms behind you. You'll start blubbering, kicking, yelling for help. But it won't do you any good. They'll drag you out in the yard, heave you up on that platform, fix that rope around your neck and leave you out there all alone with a big black hood over your eyes. You know the last sound you hear? Kind of a thump when they kick the trapdoor catch - and down you go. You'll hit the end of that rope like a sack of potatoes, all dead weight. It'll be white hot around your neck and your Adam's Apple will turn to mush. You'll fight for your breath, but you haven't got any breath. Your brain will begin to boil. You'll scream and holler! But nobody'll hear you. You'll hear it. But nobody else. Finally you're just swingin' there - all alone and dead.
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