A sheriff goes in pursuit of an escaped convict who is bent on paying back the people responsible for his imprisonment.A sheriff goes in pursuit of an escaped convict who is bent on paying back the people responsible for his imprisonment.A sheriff goes in pursuit of an escaped convict who is bent on paying back the people responsible for his imprisonment.
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Warren J. Kemmerling
- Frank Bogan
- (as Warren Kemmerling)
Joe Phillips
- Posse Member
- (uncredited)
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[first lines]
[Sam is practicing handling his pistol]
Sheriff Morton: You're overdoin' that, boy. That fast gun business is overrated.
Sam Freed: Yeah, I know, Sheriff, but since I watched you handle a gun, well, I-I got a lot to learn.
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Kinda slow, but still interesting story
Okay, it's a low budget movie. A small number of characters and not a huge amount of action do not require a big budget, and some Westerns come through despite not being big buck productions. I think this one qualifies. Another commenter suggested comparisons between this film and High Noon and I think that's valid, except in this case, instead of the sheriff trying to find help against a band of bad guys, it's the townspeople (who chose not to hang him) who keep coming to him for protection or to demand he catch the escaped killer. What I enjoy in this movie is the bitterness of the sheriff, who wanted the bad guy hung six years earlier when he was convicted of a crime; however he was a 'local boy' and the town couldn't bring itself to hang him. Now he's back to kill again and the sheriff is not pleased that once more he has to deal with this guy. The mayor comes to the sheriff's office and says 'That guy needs to be caught!' - and the sheriff says 'You're right - here you go, you catch him' and hands him a shotgun and walks out. Or the guy who is begging for protection; the sheriff hands him a gun belt with a holstered revolver and says 'Help yourself'. The sheriff is peeved at the mayor and the townspeople, with good reason, and it comes through from the start of the film.
Okay, this is not of the caliber of High Noon. On the other hand, there was a film called High Noon Part 2, The Return of Will Kane, which was a complete travesty, an annoying, heinously bad film with big names and a much bigger budget, with a story that had virtually nothing to do with High Noon other than to cash in on the name of the original movie. I think this film is better. Though it makes no claim or reference to High Noon, it certainly carries a somewhat parallel plot line of the sheriff having to deal with a bad guy while the town is of no help. At least the story is interesting enough to hold your attention, and the movie is not overly long, not much over an hour. There are many worse low budget flicks than Gun Street.
Okay, this is not of the caliber of High Noon. On the other hand, there was a film called High Noon Part 2, The Return of Will Kane, which was a complete travesty, an annoying, heinously bad film with big names and a much bigger budget, with a story that had virtually nothing to do with High Noon other than to cash in on the name of the original movie. I think this film is better. Though it makes no claim or reference to High Noon, it certainly carries a somewhat parallel plot line of the sheriff having to deal with a bad guy while the town is of no help. At least the story is interesting enough to hold your attention, and the movie is not overly long, not much over an hour. There are many worse low budget flicks than Gun Street.
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- rooster_davis
- Mar 2, 2008
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- Runtime1 hour 7 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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