''The Showdown'' is a 1950 American

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film directed by Dorrell McGowan and Stuart E. McGowan and starring

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Walter Brennan Walter Andrew Brennan (July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974) was an American actor and singer. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in '' Come and Get It'' (1936), ''Kentucky'' (1938), and '' The Westerner ...

and

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Plot

A former Texas lawman. Shadrach Jones ( William Elliott) sets out to discover who killed his brother and stole their combined savings. While at the saloon run by the beautiful Adelaide (

), Jones becomes convinced that the thieving murderer is one of a group of cowboys on a cattle drive led by Captain MacKellar (

). Determined to find justice, Jones joins the cattle drive and slowly gets closer to uncovering the identity of the killer.

Cast

as Shadrach Jones (as William Elliott) *

as Cap MacKellar *

as Adelaide *

Harry Morgan Harry Morgan (born Harry Bratsberg; April 10, 1915 – December 7, 2011) was an American actor and director whose television and film career spanned six decades. Morgan's major roles included Pete Porter in both ''December Bride'' (1954–1959 ...

as Rod Main (as Henry Morgan) * Rhys Williams as Chokecherry * Jim Davis as Cochran *

William Ching William Brooks Ching (October 2, 1913 – July 1, 1989) was an American character actor who appeared in numerous films and on television during the later 1940s and 1950s. Ching may be best known for his supporting role in Rudolph Maté's 1950 fi ...

as Mike Shattay * Nacho Galindo as Gonzales * Leif Erickson as Big Mart * Henry Rowland as Dutch * Charles Stevens as Indian Joe * Victor Kilian as Hemp *

Yakima Canutt Enos Edward "Yakima" Canutt (November 29, 1895 – May 24, 1986) was an American champion rodeo rider, actor, stuntman, and action director. He developed many stunts for films and the techniques and technology to protect stuntmen in performing t ...

as Davis *

Guy Teague Albert Guy Teague (January 20, 1913 – January 24, 1970) was an American actor and stuntman. He was known for serving as a double for Eric Fleming's character Gil Favor in the American western television series '' Rawhide''. Life and career ...

as Pickney * William Steele as Terry * Jack Sparks as Bartender

References

External links

* 1950 films American Western (genre) films 1950 Western (genre) films Republic Pictures films American black-and-white films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films {{1950s-Western-film-stub