''The Gambler Wore a Gun'' is a 1961
Western film. The film is an uncredited remake of about five different
B-westerns of the 1930s and 1940s. Some plot elements are also taken from 1954 western ''
The Lone Gun
''The Lone Gun'' is a 1954 American Western film directed by Ray Nazarro and starring George Montgomery and Dorothy Malone.
It was originally known as ''Adios My Texas''.
Plot
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''The Gambler Wore a Gun''
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Plot
Case Silverhorn ( Jim Davis), a professional gambler, wants to retire from the gambling life and purchases a ranch through the mail. On the way there he saves the local Sheriff's life, who got into an ambush. The ambush did leave one man dead: the man Silverhorn purchased the ranch from is murdered before the title-deed can be recorded. Neither the Sheriff, nor the seller's children, Jud (Don Dorrell
Donald Dean Dorrell (October 6, 1928 – April 10, 1978) was an American film and television actor. He was best known for playing the role of Donovan in the American western television series ''Pony Express''.
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) and Sharon Donovan ( Merry Anders) have any knowledge of the transaction and will not vacate the ranch. Taking a job at the local saloon, Case discovers that rustlers, unknown to the Donovans, are using the ranch-lands to hide the stolen cattle. Jud learns of the operation and is killed by the gang, and Case is framed for the murder.
See also
* List of American films of 1961
A list of American films released in 1961.
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See also
* 1961 in the United States
External links
1961 filmsat the Internet Movie Database
*List of 1961 box office number-one fi ...
References
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1961 films
1960s English-language films
American black-and-white films
American Western (genre) films
1961 Western (genre) films
Films directed by Edward L. Cahn
United Artists films
1960s American films
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