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 (1956-03)
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

1. Pitts p.269
2. 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

External links

• Red Sundown at IMDb
• Red Sundown at AllMovie
• Red Sundown at the TCM Movie Database
• Red Sundown at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films