The Man Behind the Gun
The Man Behind the Gun | |
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Directed by | Felix Feist |
Screenplay by | John Twist |
Story by | Robert Buckner |
Produced by | Robert Sisk |
Starring | Randolph Scott |
Cinematography | Bert Glennon |
Edited by | Owen Marks |
Music by | David Buttolph |
Production company | Warner Bros. |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $2 million (US)[1] |
The Man Behind the Gun is a 1953 American Technicolor Western film directed by Felix Feist and starring Randolph Scott about the establishment of the city of Los Angeles.[2]
Plot
Working as an undercover agent, Ransome Callicut travels west by stagecoach. Notorious bandit Vic Sutro tries to rob it, but Callicut captures him and turns over Sutro to an Army captain, Roy Giles, upon arrival in California.
School teacher Lora Roberts, another passenger, has made the trip to marry Giles, but she becomes ensnared in Senator Mark Sheldon's nefarious schemes and also discovers Giles has been seeing Chona Degnon, a singer.
Sheldon murders a rival senator, Creegan, and fakes his own death. He kidnaps Lora as well. After she realizes that Callicut is actually a government agent, Lora persuades Chona that she can have Giles for herself if only she'll come to her aid. Sheldon also kills Chona before she can betray him, but he is brought to justice by Callicut, who is kissed by a grateful Lora.
Cast
- Randolph Scott as Maj. Ransome Callicut
- Patrice Wymore as Lora Roberts
- Dick Wesson as "Monk" Walker
- Philip Carey as Capt. Roy Giles
- Lina Romay as Chona Degnon
- Roy Roberts as Sen. Mark Sheldon
- Morris Ankrum as Bram Creegan
- Katherine Warren as Phoebe Sheldon (as Katharine Warren)
- Alan Hale Jr. as Olaf Swenson
- Douglas Fowley as Buckley
- Anthony Caruso as Vic Sutro (as Tony Caruso)
- Clancy Cooper as Kansas Collins
- Robert Cabal as Joaquin Murietta
References
- ^ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954
- ^ The Man Behind the Gun at TCDB