''Gunfight at Comanche Creek'' is a 1963 American
Western film directed by
Frank McDonald and starring
Audie Murphy.
[p. 194 Larkins, Bob & Magers, Boyd ''The Films of Audie Murphy'' McFarland, 19 Aug. 2009]
Plot
A gang of
Colorado bank robbers led by Amos Troop (
DeForest Kelley
Jackson DeForest Kelley (January 20, 1920 – June 11, 1999), known to colleagues as "Dee", was an American actor, screenwriter, poet, and singer. He was known for his roles in Westerns and as Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy of the in the televisio ...
) uses a technique where they break prisoners out of jail, use them to commit crimes, then later kill them to collect the reward. A detective, Gifford (
Audie Murphy), goes undercover with the gang to bring them to justice.
Saloon owner Abbie Stevens takes a liking to Gifford while he infiltrates the gang. So does a young outlaw, Kid Carter, who goes to the town's marshal to get help for Gifford, only to discover the marshal's actually the ringleader of the gang. Help arrives in the nick of time, and Gifford guns down Troop and his men.
Cast
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Audie Murphy as Bob Gifford aka Judd Tanner
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Ben Cooper as Carter
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Colleen Miller as Abbie Stevens
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De Forest Kelley as Amos Troop
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Jan Merlin as Nielson
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Adam Williams as Jed Hayden
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Susan Seaforth as Jamie
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Mort Mills as Ben Bady
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John Hubbard as Marshal Shearer
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John Milford
John Milford (September 7, 1927 - August 14, 2000) was an American actor in theater, television, and films, playing scores of roles, often as a western villain. He was estimated to have had about 500 appearances in TV roles.
Early years
Born i ...
as Bill Peters
* Michael Mikler as Rene Waller
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Thomas Browne Henry as Mike O'Bryant
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William Wellman Jr. as Day
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Laurie Mitchell as Tina Neville
* Tim Graham as Stage Driver
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Eddie Quillan as Hotel Clerk
See also
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List of American films of 1963
A list of American films released in 1963.
''Cleopatra'' - the highest-grossing film of 1963.
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See also
* 1964 in the United States
External links
1963 filmsat the Internet Movie Database
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References
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1963 films
1963 Western (genre) films
American Western (genre) films
Audie Murphy
Allied Artists films
Remakes of American films
Films directed by Frank McDonald
1960s English-language films
1960s American films
English-language Western (genre) films
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