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Red Sundown
Red Sundown
Directed by	Jack Arnold
Screenplay by	Martin Berkeley
Based on	Back Trail by Lewis B. Patten
Produced by	Albert Zugsmith
Starring	Rory Calhoun; Martha Hyer; Dean Jagger
Cinematography	William E. Snyder
Edited by	Edward Curtiss
Music by	Hans J. Salter
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	Universal-International Pictures
Distributed by	Universal-International Pictures
Release date	March 1956;
Running time	81 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Red Sundown is a 1956 American Technicolor western film directed by Jack Arnold and starring Rory Calhoun, Martha Hyer and Dean Jagger.^[1] It was produced and distributed by Universal-International Pictures.^[2] It is based on the 1956 novel Back Trail by Lewis B. Patten and had the working title Decision At Durango.

Plot

Alec Longmire (Rory Calhoun), a gunfighter, decides to change his ways after nearly losing his life. He reforms, becoming a deputy to Jade Murphy (Dean Jagger), an honest sheriff trapped between warring farmers and cattlemen. He also falls in love with the sheriff's daughter Caroline (Martha Hyer) who despises gunslingers.

Cast

Rory Calhoun as Longmire
Martha Hyer as Caroline
Dean Jagger as Jade Murphy
Robert Middleton as Rufus Henshaw
Grant Williams as Chet Swann
Lita Baron as Maria
James Millican as Bud Purvis
Trevor Bardette as Sam Baldwin
Leo Gordon as Rod Zellman
David Kasday as Hughie Clore

References

^ Pitts p.269
^ Dick p.162

Bibliography

Dick, Bernard F. City of Dreams: The Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures. University Press of Kentucky, 2021.ISBN 978-0813120164
Pitts, Michael R. Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films. McFarland, 2012. ISBN 978-0786463725