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Gun the Man Down is a american film of genre Action directed by Andrew V. McLaglen released in USA on 15 november 1956 with James Arness
Gun the Man Down (1956)
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Add to a movie listGun the Man Down is a 1956 western film distributed through United Artists and starring James Arness and Angie Dickinson in her first leading role. The movie was produced by John Wayne and his brother Robert E. Morrison for Wayne's company Batjac Productions and was the second theatrical feature directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, but his first of many westerns.
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Three outlaws rob a bank, but one of them is wounded. His two partners kidnap his girlfriend take his share of the money and run off, leaving him to be captured by the sheriff. Years later, after he gets out of prison, he goes in search of his double-crossing partners and his girlfriend. He finds them in a semi-deserted, run-down town, but instead of killing them right away, he decides to play cat-and-mouse with them first.Actors
James Arness
(Rem Anderson)
Angie Dickinson
(Janice)
Robert J. Wilke
(Matt Rankin)
Emile Meyer
(Sheriff Morton)
Don Megowan
(Ralph Farley)
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