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The Bounty Killer

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5.8/10 • 11

1965-07-301h 36m

Western

Wanted... dead or alive.

Willie Duggans, a tenderfoot from the east, arrives in the wild west and soon experiences its violence. Willie discovers the easy money in bounty killing and must choose between that violent lifestyle and the love of a beautiful saloon singer.

Directors
Spencer Gordon Bennet
Writters
Leo Gordon, Ruth Alexander

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Dan Duryea

    Dan Duryea

    Willie Duggan

  2. Rod Cameron

    Rod Cameron

    Johnny Liam

  3. Audrey Dalton

    Audrey Dalton

    Carole Ridgeway

  4. Richard Arlen

    Richard Arlen

    Matthew Ridgeway

  5. Buster Crabbe

    Buster Crabbe

    Mike Clayman

  6. Johnny Mack Brown

    Johnny Mack Brown

    Sheriff Green

  7. Peter Duryea

    Peter Duryea

    Youth - Bounty Hunter

  8. Eddie Quillan

    Eddie Quillan

    Pianist

  9. Grady Sutton

    Grady Sutton

    Minister

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John Chard

Jun 19, 2015

7/10

The Pharisees The Bounty Killer is directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and written by Ruth Alexander and Leo Gordon. It stars Dan Duryea, Rod Cameron, Audrey Dalton, Richard Arlen, Buster Crabbe, Fuzzy Knight and Johnny Mack Brown. Music is by Ronald Stein and cinematography by Frederick E. West. Willie Duggans (Duryea) arrives in the Wild West and quickly becomes exposed to its violence. Finding that big money can be made by bringing in bad guys, he takes up arms and plans to make enough money to set him up for a future with Carole Ridgeway (Dalton), a beautiful saloon singer. But the job isn't easy, physically, emotionally and mentally. It's a film that asks some forgiveness from Western fans, you are asked to accept Duryea being too old for the role, some iffy production issues, coincidences and some giant leaps of faith. Yet if you can do that and just roll with its high energy willingness to keep the Western traditional in the mid 60s? Then this is better than a time waster. Ultimately it's a message movie about the cycle of violence and how said violence can corrupt the most amiable of minds. The screenplay deftly brings in to the equation the roles of normal outsiders who don't mind violence as long as it is for their own ends, something which brings the best sequence in the film to the fore and lets Duryea once again show his class. Backing the superb Duryea is a roll call of Western movie veterans, all of which - with the leading man - make for a reassuring presence at our Oater dinner table. Neatly photographed out of the Corriganville and Glenmoor ranches in California, this may be a "B Western" trying to keep the traditional Western afloat in the mid 60s, but it's honourable in intent and entertains the Western faithful royally. 7/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Keywords
bounty huntersaloon singertenderfoot