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.WILD WESTERNERS, The Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 29, Iss. 336, (Jan 1, 1962): 158.

Plot

A U.S. marshal investigates when a sheriff named Plummer is suspected of involvement in a string of robberies. It becomes personal when the marshal's wife is taken captive by the outlaws.

Cast

as Marshal Jim McDowell *

as Rose Sharon *

as Deputy Marshal Clint Fallon *

as Deputy Johnny Silver *

Hugh Sanders Hugh Howard Sanders (March 13, 1911 – January 9, 1966) was an American actor, probably best known for playing the role of Dr. Reynolds in the movie ''To Kill a Mockingbird''. Biography Born in Illinois, Sanders graduated from Northwestern U ...

as Chief Marshal Reuben Bernard *

Elizabeth MacRae Elizabeth Hendon MacRae (born February 22, 1936) is an American actress who performed in dozens of television series and in nine feature films, working predominantly in productions released between 1958 and the late 1980s. Among her more widel ...

as Crystal Plummer *

Marshall Reed Marshall Jewel Reed (May 28, 1917 – April 15, 1980) was an American actor who appeared in over 200 films between 1943 and 1978. He was born in Englewood, Colorado. Early years Reed's parents were Walter George Reed and Ruth Dustin. By a ...

as Sheriff Plummer *

Nestor Paiva Nestor Paiva (June 30, 1905 – September 9, 1966) was an American actor of Portuguese descent. He is most famous for his recurring role of Teo Gonzales the innkeeper in Walt Disney's Spanish Western series ''Zorro'' and its feature film ''The ...

as Governor John Bullard *

Harry Lauter Herman Arthur "Harry" Lauter (June 19, 1914 – October 30, 1990) was an American character actor. Early years Lauter was born in White Plains, New York. He worked as a model for a professional photographer and was a rodeo rider before m ...

as Jud Gotch * Bob Steele as Deputy Marshal Casey Bannen * Lisa Burkett as Yellow Moon *

Terry Frost Sir Terence Ernest Manitou Frost RA (13 October 1915 – 1 September 2003) was a British abstract artist, who worked in Newlyn, Cornwall. Frost was renowned for his use of the Cornish light, colour and shape to start a new art movement in ...

as Ashley Cartwright * Hans Wedemeyer as Wasna * Don Harvey as Hanna * Elizabeth Harrower as Martha Bernard

Soundtrack

''The Wild Westerners''
Written by Duane Eddy and

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'' from '' Have Gun, Will Travel''.

References

External links

* 1962 films American Western (genre) films 1960s English-language films 1962 Western (genre) films Columbia Pictures films 1960s American films {{1960s-Western-film-stub

Plot

Cast

Soundtrack

See also

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