The Marksman

"HIS GUN-SIGHT WAS A DEATH TRAP...for every killer who tried to cross it!"

Apr 12 1953 Approved 1h 2m
Western

Mike Martin becomes a deputy marshal and takes on a gang of cattle rustlers.

Plot

Mike Martin becomes a deputy United States marshal in early-day Texas because of his almost unbelievable marksmanship. (That he has a rifle with a special scope doesn't hurt anything.) He hates the thought that he has been hired as a killer instead of a lawman but his superior, Marshal Bob Scott, sets him straight. For years a master gang of rustlers has raided government grazing lands and Lieutenant-Governor Watson orders Scott to get them. Scott, disguised as a prospector, is killed when he spots the outlaws deep in the Sangre de Christo range. Head of the rustlers is rancher Champ Wylie and his gang includes his foreman Santee and a crack gunman, Kincaid. Visiting Wylie is his novelist niece Jane Warren. When Scott is not heard from, Mike, also posing as a prospector, goes to find him, and meets Jane. He eventually solves the rustling mystery, but is recognized as a lawman. In a gun battle in the hills, Mike kills Wylie and his men, and ends up with Jane in his arms.

Written by

Daniel B. Ullman

Directed by

Lewis D. Collins

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Westwood Productions, Allied Artists Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
70
Average Rating
5.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA