The Plunderers

"These Were The Four Steel-Nerved Young Hellions...Each Ready To Stand Up To A Ring Of Guns...Or Drag A Woman's Name Down To His!"

Nov 5 1960 Approved 1h 34m
Western

Four young toughs have ridden into Trail City and claimed it as easy pickings for their bullying and gunplay. The whole town will be overrun by lawlessness if decent folks like rancher and Civil War veteran Sam Christy don’t take a stand.

Plot

Four young cowboys, Jeb, Rondo, Mule and Davy ride into Trail City, Texas figuring on taking over for a while. Rancher Sam Christy, with a paralyzed right arm refuses to get involved against them, and Kate Miller calls him a coward. When Jeb kills the timid Sheriff McCauley, Sam goes to his ranch to get his gun. The boys are waiting for him there, and Ellie Walters goes to his ranch and finds him badly beaten up by Mule. The young Davy, shocked by the killing of the sheriff, quarrels with Jeb. He goes off alone and Sam captures him. Rondo, tries to force his attentions on Ellie, who shoots him when he draws a knife on Sam. The latter kills Mule in a knife fight, and Jeb bursts out of the saloon with two guns blazing. Sam shoots and kills him. The townsmen are for hanging Davy but Sam, realizing the young boy was the victim of a situation he didn't know how to handle---and one that the town should have never let develop---tells him to just go home. Sam and Ella watch as the boy rides slowly out of town.

Written by

Bob Barbash

Directed by

Joseph Pevney

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

August Productions

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
588
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA