Red Sundown is a 1956 American Technicolor western film directed by Jack Arnold and starring Rory Calhoun, Martha Hyer and Dean Jagger.[1] It was produced and distributed by Universal-International Pictures.[2] It is based on the 1956 novel Back Trail by Lewis B. Patten and had the working title Decision At Durango.

Red Sundown
Directed byJack Arnold
Screenplay byMartin Berkeley
Based onBack Trail by Lewis B. Patten
Produced byAlbert Zugsmith
StarringRory Calhoun
Martha Hyer
Dean Jagger
CinematographyWilliam E. Snyder
Edited byEdward Curtiss
Music byHans J. Salter
Color processTechnicolor
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Distributed byUniversal-International Pictures
Release date
  • March 1956 (1956-03)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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Alec Longmire (Rory Calhoun), a gunfighter, decides to change his ways after nearly losing his life. He reforms, becoming a deputy to Jade Murphy (Dean Jagger), an honest sheriff trapped between warring farmers and cattlemen. He also falls in love with the sheriff's daughter Caroline (Martha Hyer) who despises gunslingers.

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References

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  1. ^ Pitts p.269
  2. ^ Dick p.162

Bibliography

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  • Dick, Bernard F. City of Dreams: The Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures. University Press of Kentucky, 2021.ISBN 978-0813120164
  • Pitts, Michael R. Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films. McFarland, 2012. ISBN 978-0786463725
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