''Gunsight Ridge'' is a 1957 American
Western
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film directed by
Francis D. Lyon and written by
Talbot Jennings
Talbot Lanham Jennings (August 25, 1894 – May 30, 1985) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He received two Academy Award nominations for co-writing the screenplays for ''Mutiny on the Bounty'' (1935) and '' Anna and the King of Siam' ...
and Elisabeth Jennings. The film stars
Joel McCrea
Joel Albert McCrea (November 5, 1905 – October 20, 1990) was an American actor whose career spanned a wide variety of genres over almost five decades, including comedy, drama, romance, thrillers, adventures, and Westerns, for which he bec ...
,
Mark Stevens,
Joan Weldon
Joan Weldon (born Joan Louise Welton; August 5, 1930 – February 11, 2021) was an American actress and singer in film, television, and theatre.
Early years
Weldon was born in San Francisco, California in 1930. Her grandmother, Olio Cornell, rai ...
,
Addison Richards, Darlene Fields and
Carolyn Craig. The film was released in September 1957, by
United Artists
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.
Parts of the movie were filmed in
Wildwood Regional Park
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Wildwood is home to over 27 mi ...
in
Thousand Oaks, California
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.
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Plot
A number of stagecoach holdups have taken place in Arizona Territory. One of them occurs when Mike Ryan, an undercover agent for the stage line, is on board—posing as a paying customer. Another passenger on that trip is the sheriff's daughter, Molly Jones. During the robbery, one of the two bandits lets his bandana slip, revealing his face, which the coach driver recognizes. Because this outlaw's identity is now known, he is killed by his partner, Velvet Clark. Once in town, Clark assumes the role of a respectable member of the community. When the townspeople become fed up with the crime spree, they call for the resignation of the Sheriff, Tom Jones. He asks to be given one more chance and, once granted, deputizes Ryan. Jones finds evidence that implicates Clark. When confronted, Clark kills the sheriff and escapes with money from a train robbery. It is left for Ryan to track down Clark. The two have a showdown at Gunsight Ridge. During the ensuing gunfight, Clark is killed. Ryan returns to the Jones Ranch and expresses regret to Molly for being unable to prevent her father's murder. At the same time, he reveals that he has been offered the job of sheriff and asks her opinion. When she approves, he announces that he will accept the position, implying the two will marry and settle down.
Cast
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Joel McCrea
Joel Albert McCrea (November 5, 1905 – October 20, 1990) was an American actor whose career spanned a wide variety of genres over almost five decades, including comedy, drama, romance, thrillers, adventures, and Westerns, for which he bec ...
as Mike Ryan
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Mark Stevens as "Velvet" Clark
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Joan Weldon
Joan Weldon (born Joan Louise Welton; August 5, 1930 – February 11, 2021) was an American actress and singer in film, television, and theatre.
Early years
Weldon was born in San Francisco, California in 1930. Her grandmother, Olio Cornell, rai ...
as Molly Jones
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Addison Richards as Sheriff Tom Jones
* Darlene Fields as Rosa
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Carolyn Craig as Farm Girl
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Robert Griffin as Herb Babcock
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I. Stanford Jolley as Billy Daggett
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George Chandler as Gus Withers
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Slim Pickens
Louis Burton Lindley Jr. (June 29, 1919 – December 8, 1983), better known by his stage name Slim Pickens, was an American actor and rodeo performer. Starting off in the rodeo, Pickens transitioned to acting and appeared in dozens of movies and ...
as Hank Moss
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Herb Vigran
Herbert Vigran (June 5, 1910 – November 29, 1986) was an American character actor in Hollywood from the 1930s to the 1980s. Over his 50-year career, he made over 350 television and film appearances.
Early years
Vigran was a native of Cin ...
as R.B. Davis
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Kitty Kelly
Kitty Kelly (born Sue O'Neil; April 27, 1902 – June 29, 1968), was an American stage and film character actress.
Biography
Born in New York City in 1902, Kelly was best known as a member of the Ziegfeld Follies and her radio hosting with C ...
as Mrs. Donahue
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Jody McCrea
Joel Dee "Jody" McCrea (September 6, 1934 – April 4, 2009) was an American actor. He was the son of actors Joel McCrea and Frances Dee.
Early life
McCrea was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of actors Joel McCrea and Frances Dee. ...
as Groom
*
Cynthia Chenault
Cynthia Chenault (born January 5, 1937) is an American television actress and producer/writer active from the mid-1950s to the present. She used the screen name Cindy Robbins in her acting credits.
Early years
Robbins was born in Hammond, Loui ...
as Bride
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L. Q. Jones as Lazy Heart Ranch Hand
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Morgan Woodward
Thomas Morgan Woodward (September 16, 1925 – February 22, 2019) was an American actor who is best known for his recurring role as Marvin "Punk" Anderson on the television soap opera ''Dallas'' and for his portrayal of Boss Godfrey, the sungla ...
as "Tex"
* Jim Foxx as Lazy Heart Ranch Hand
* Steve Mitchell as Lazy Heart Ranch Hand
*
Dan Blocker
Bobby Dan Davis Blocker (December 10, 1928 – May 13, 1972) was an American television actor and Korean War veteran, who played Hoss Cartwright in the long-running NBC Western television series ''Bonanza''.
Biography Early life
Blocker was born ...
as The Bartender (uncredited)
References
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1957 films
1957 Western (genre) films
American Western (genre) films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Francis D. Lyon
Films scored by David Raksin
Films set in Arizona
United Artists films
1950s English-language films
1950s American films