Gunsmoke (film)
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| Directed by | Nathan Juran |
| Written by | Norman A. Fox (novel) D.D. Beauchamp (screenplay) |
| Produced by | Aaron Rosenberg |
| Starring | Audie Murphy Susan Cabot Paul Kelly |
| Cinematography | Charles P. Boyle |
| Edited by | Ted J. Kent |
| Music by | Herman Stein |
Production company | Universal International |
| Distributed by | Universal International |
Release date |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.3 million (US rentals)[1] |
Gunsmoke is a 1953 Western film directed by Nathan Juran and starring Audie Murphy, Susan Cabot, and Paul Kelly. Gunsmoke is a Technicolor film for action star and war hero Audie Murphy.[2] The film has no connection to the contemporary radio and later TV series of the same name. The film was based on the 1951 novel Roughshod by Norman A. Fox.
Plot
Murphy stars as Reb Kittridge, a wandering hired gun who is hired to kill a rancher (played by Paul Kelly). The gunman has also fallen in love with the rancher's daughter (Susan Cabot). Reb mends his ways by the time Gunsmoke comes to a close.[3]
Cast
- Audie Murphy as Reb Kittridge
- Susan Cabot as Rita Saxon
- Paul Kelly as Dan Saxon
- Charles Drake as Johnny Lake
- Mary Castle as Cora Dufrayne
- Jack Kelly as Curly Mather
- Jesse White as Professor
- Donald Randolph as Matt Telford
- William Reynolds as Brazos
- Chubby Johnson as Doc Farrell
- Bill Radovich as Bartender
- Sylvia Lewis as Saloon dancer
- Peter Lawman as Barber
- William Fawcett as Hotel clerk
Production
The movie started filming in June 1952 under the title of Roughshod. It was the first of three Westerns Murphy made with Nathan Juran over two years.[4]
References
- ^ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954
- ^ Gunsmoke at Audie Murphy Memorial Site
- ^ Gossett, Sue, The Films and Career of Audie Murphy, Empire Publishing, Inc., 1996, pp. 47–48.
- ^ Don Graham, No Name on the Bullet: The Biography of Audie Murphy, Penguin, 1989 p 228
External links
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