''Gunplay'' is a 1951 American

western film The Western is a genre set in the American frontier and commonly associated with folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada. It is commonly referred ...

directed by

Lesley Selander Lesley Selander (May 26, 1900 – December 5, 1979) was an American film director of Western (genre), Westerns and adventure film, adventure movies. His career as director, spanning 127 feature films and dozens of TV episodes, lasted from 1936 to ...

. It stars

Tim Holt Charles John "Tim" Holt III (February 5, 1919 – February 15, 1973) was an American actor. He was a popular Western star during the 1940s and early 1950s, appearing in forty-six B westerns released by RKO Pictures. In a career spanning mo ...

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Joan Dixon Joan Dixon (June 6, 1930 in Norfolk, Virginia – February 20, 1992 in Los Angeles) was an American film and television actress in the 1950s. She is known for her role in the film noir ''Roadblock'' (1951). Career Dixon appeared in ten fil ...

. It reunited Holt and Dixon from ''

Law of the Badlands ''Law of the Badlands'' is a 1951 American western film starring Tim Holt. Although the cheapest Holt vehicle since the war years, it still recorded a loss of $20,000. Plot In 1890, Captain McVey of the Texas Rangers is dispatched by the United ...

''. The film was originally called ''Gun Notches''. Filming took place in late 1950.

Plot

A man named Sam Martin is killed, but when his son identifies the killer's name, no one has ever heard of him.

Cast

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* * * * 1951 films 1951 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films RKO Pictures films American black-and-white films 1950s English-language films Films directed by Lesley Selander 1950s American films English-language Western (genre) films Films scored by Mischa Bakaleinikoff {{1950s-Western-film-stub