Forty Guns

"The Taming of the Arizona Territory!"

Sep 10 1957 Approved 1h 20m
Romance, Western

An authoritarian rancher rules an Arizona county with her private posse of hired guns. When a new Marshall arrives to set things straight, the cattle queen finds herself falling for the avowedly non-violent lawman. Both have itchy-fingered brothers, a female gunman enters the picture, and things go desperately wrong.

Plot

An authoritarian rancher, Barbara Stanwyck, who rules an Arizona county with her private posse of hired guns. When a new marshall arrives to set things straight, the cattle queen finds herself falling, brutally for the avowedly non-violent lawman. Both have itchy-fingered brothers, a female gunmaker enters the picture, and things go desperately wrong.

Written by

Samuel Fuller

Directed by

Samuel Fuller

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
6,942
Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA