''Money, Women and Guns'' is a 1958 American

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film directed by

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and written by

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. The film stars

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, William Campbell,

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, and

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. The film was released in October 1958, by

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Plot

After a gold prospector is killed by masked robbers, a detective is hired to find the surviving killer as well as the prospector's legal inheritors.

Cast

Production notes

According to the AFI Catalog, although it was filmed in September 1957, its release was delayed for over a year. The song, "Lonely Is The Hunter," written and performed during the opening credits by

Jimmy Wakely Jimmy Wakely (February 16, 1914 – September 23, 1982) was an American actor, songwriter, country music vocalist, and one of the last singing cowboys. During the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, he released records, appeared in several B-Western movies ...

, suggests that it may have been a working title, and the final one a last-minute change—and a somewhat inaccurate one, as there are only two women in the film and neither has a significant role. The following year, Pittman and Horwitz were reunited on the television series ''

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''. The film is noteworthy as Chaney's last film for the studio that helped make him a star 17 years earlier.

References

External links

* *{{YouTube, bjlKxzo3N9A, Film trailer 1958 films American Western (genre) films 1958 Western (genre) films Films directed by Richard Bartlett Films scored by Herman Stein Universal Pictures films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films