Man with the Gun
Seen it?1955 | 83 min | Western
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With soft box office and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for most people.
- The mood
- Easygoing.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 23 min.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1955: an older pace and style.
A stranger comes to town looking for his estranged wife. He finds her running the local girls. He also finds a town and sheriff afraid of their own shadow, scared of a landowner they never see who rules through his rowdy sidekicks. The stranger is a town tamer by trade, and he accepts a $500 commission to sort things out.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$2 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 17K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Richard Wilson
- Robert MitchumClint Tollinger
- Jan SterlingNelly Bain
- Karen SharpeStella Atkins
- Henry HullMarshal Lee Sims
- Emile MeyerSaul Atkins
- John LuptonJeff Castle
- Barbara LawrenceAnn Wakefield
- Ted de Corsia"Frenchy" Lescaux
- Leo GordonEd Pinchot
- James WesterfieldMr. Zender