Gunsight Ridge (1957)
Release Date: May 16, 1958 Wide
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In this western, the trouble begins when a ruthless outlaw impersonates a mine owner. When the sheriff begins to suspect him, the badguy kills him. A government agent, working undercover replaces the sheriff, exposes the crook and wins the love of a purty gal in the process. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
May 16, 1958 Wide
Cast
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Joel McCrea
Mike Ryan -
Mark Stevens
Velvet Clark -
Joan Weldon
Molly -
Darlene Fields
Rosa -
Addison Richards
Sheriff Jones -
Carolyn Craig
Girl -
Robert Griffin
Babcock -
Slim Pickens
Hank Moss -
I. Stanford Jolley
Daggett -
George Chandler
Gus Withers -
Herb Vigran
Justice -
Cindy Robbins
Bride -
Jody McCrea
Groom -
Martin Garralaga
Ramon -
Dan Blocker
Bartender
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Routine B-western, shot in B/W and directed in a lackluster way.
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Stars mild mannered Joel McCrea, veteran screen actor in several dozen lesser known films to me. Actually, the entire cast is unknown to me (but that may not be saying much). Black and white.
Fairly routine Western, people may recognize the saloon owner who went on to play a farmer neighbor in tv's Green Acres of sixties sitcom fame. The unusual use of a company special agent by a community to assist the sheriff may have forshadowed the popular TV western The Wild, Wild West with Treasury Agent Jim West. Not sure of that however.
The title: Gunsight Ridge, comes from the chase scene at the end where some difficult terrain called Gunsight Ridge is supposed to slow a rider down. A curious reference. The showdown between agent McCrea and Mark Steven (gambler) evolves.
For Western fans and maybe no one else.
Cast
Joel McCrea
Mark Steven
Joan Weldon
Slim Pickens (veteran supporting cast actor in Wayne westerns)
Crew
Cinematographer: Ernest Laszlo
Composer: David Raksin
Director: Francis Lyon
Producer: Robert Bassler
Screenplay: Elizabeth Jennings
Screenplay: Talbot Jennings
Songs by: David Raksin