''Five Guns to Tombstone'' is a 1960 American
Western
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film directed by
Edward L. Cahn
Edward L. Cahn (February 12, 1899 – August 25, 1963) was an American film director.
Early life and education
Cahn was born in Brooklyn, New York. He went to work at Universal Pictures in 1917 while still a student at UCLA.
Career
...
and starring
James Brown
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, John Wilder,
Walter Coy
Walter Darwin Coy (January 31, 1909 – December 11, 1974) was an American stage, radio, film, and, principally, television actor, arguably most well known as John Wayne's character's brother in ''The Searchers'' (1956).
Early years
Originally ...
,
Robert Karnes
Robert Anthony Karnes (June 19, 1917 – December 4, 1979) was an American film, stage and television actor.
Life and career
Karnes was born in Kentucky. He served in World War II, where he had interest into acting and going to Hollywood, Cal ...
and Della Sharman.
Plot
Young
outlaw
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Billy Wade, determined to reform, is roped into a robbery by rich businessman George Landon then framed for it. Landon springs Billy's brother Matt from prison, on the condition he get Billy to go along with the theft. During a struggle for a gun Matt is accidentally killed, and his teenaged son Ted and others mistakenly believe Billy killed him in cold blood. Billy pretends to help bandit Ike Garvey but ultimately assists in his capture, earning Ted's forgiveness.
Cast
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James Brown
James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th century music, he is often referred to by the honor ...
as Billy Wade
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John Wilder as Ted Wade
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Walter Coy
Walter Darwin Coy (January 31, 1909 – December 11, 1974) was an American stage, radio, film, and, principally, television actor, arguably most well known as John Wayne's character's brother in ''The Searchers'' (1956).
Early years
Originally ...
as Ike Garvey
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Robert Karnes
Robert Anthony Karnes (June 19, 1917 – December 4, 1979) was an American film, stage and television actor.
Life and career
Karnes was born in Kentucky. He served in World War II, where he had interest into acting and going to Hollywood, Cal ...
as Matt Wade
* Della Sharman as Arlene
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Gregg Palmer
Palmer Edwin Lee (January 25, 1927 – October 31, 2015), known by his stage name Gregg Palmer, was an American film and television actor.
Born in San Francisco, California, Palmer served in the United States Army Air Corps as a cryptographer i ...
as Mel Dixon
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Willis Bouchey
Willis Ben Bouchey (May 24, 1907 – September 27, 1977) was an American character actor who appeared in almost 150 films and television shows. He was born in Vernon, Michigan, but raised by his mother and stepfather in Washington state.
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as George Landon
* Joe Haworth as Hoke
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Quentin Sondergaard
Quentin Charles Sondergaard (January 11, 1925 – February 15, 1984) was an American film and television actor. He was known for playing Deputy Sheriff Quint in the American western television series ''Tombstone Territory''.
Career
Sondergaar ...
as Hank
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Boyd "Red" Morgan
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as Hoagie (as Boyd Morgan)
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Jon Locke
Joseph Lockey Yon, also known as credited as Jon Locke, (October 10, 1927 – October 19, 2013) was an American actor who appeared in many television and film Western (genre), westerns.
Early life
Locke was borne in Orlando, Florida. He became i ...
as Rusty Kolloway
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John Eldredge
John Eldredge (born June 6, 1960 in Los Angeles) is an American author, counselor, and lecturer on Christianity. He is known for his best-selling book '' Wild at Heart''.
Life and work
Eldregde received his undergraduate degree in theater from ...
as Endicott
Production
The film's plotline and lines duplicate those of an earlier
Edward Small
Edward Small (born Edward Schmalheiser, February 1, 1891, Brooklyn, New York – January 25, 1977, Los Angeles) was a film producer from the late 1920s through 1970, who was enormously prolific over a 50-year career. He is best known for the movi ...
production, ''
Gun Belt
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'' (1953).
See also
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List of American films of 1960
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References
External links
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1960 films
1960s English-language films
American black-and-white films
American Western (genre) films
1960 Western (genre) films
Films directed by Edward L. Cahn
Films produced by Edward Small
Films scored by Paul Sawtell
1960s American films
Films with screenplays by Richard Schayer
Films about outlaws
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