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The Stranger Wore a Gun is a american film of genre Action directed by André de Toth released in USA on 30 july 1953 with Randolph Scott
The Stranger Wore a Gun (1953)
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Add to a movie listThe Stranger Wore a Gun is a 1953 Western film directed by André De Toth and starring Randolph Scott, Claire Trevor, and Joan Weldon. Based on the short story "Yankee Gold" by John W. Cunningham, the film is about a former spy who moves to Arizona to join a gold robbery, but reconsiders and decides to change his life. The film is one of the first 3-D western movies; it earned an estimated $1.6 million at the North American box office in 1953.
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Jeff Travis (Randolph Scott), a former spy for Quantrill's Raiders, rides to Arizona to start a new life. Finding that his reputation has preceded him, crooked Jules Mourret (George Macready) hires him to monitor a series of gold shipments, in preparation for a major robbery. Travis falls in love with Shelby Conroy (Joan Weldon), daughter of freight-line operator Jason Conroy (Pierre Watkin), and decides to turn honest.Actors
Randolph Scott
(Jeff Travis)
Claire Trevor
(Josie Sullivan)
Joan Weldon
(Shelby Conroy)
George Macready
(Jules Mourret)
Lee Marvin
(Dan Kurth)
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