Town Tamer

"A TIME OF VIOLENCE! A TOWN OF SHAME! A MAN OF DESTINY!"

Oct 14 1965 Approved 1h 29m
Western

A gunfighter is hired to clean up a wild frontier town, but there are forces afoot who want to keep the town as wide-open as it is. Lyle Bettger, Bruce Cabot and Richard Jaeckel co-star as the lawless bad guys in this Western based on a novel by Frank Gruber.

Plot

The life of Tom Rosser, a town-taming gunman-for-hire, takes a turn when a bullet meant for him, from the gun of a renegade, Lee Ring, kill's Rosser's wife, Carol, instead. Ring, had been sent by the ruthless Kansas gang-leader, Riley Condor, to kill Rosser. The latter goes to White Plains, supposedly to look over property to but his agenda is to kill Condor. Word gets around that Rosser is in town and Condor realizes that his gunslinging henchmen, Horsinger, Tavenner, Slim Akins, Flon and Ring, are no match for Rosser, and he sets in motion a plan that will use the law to eliminate Rosser.

Written by

Frank Gruber

Directed by

Lesley Selander

Cast

Dana Andrews, Terry Moore, Pat O'Brien

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

A.C. Lyles Productions, Paramount

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
370
Average Rating
5.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA