A woman breaks out of jail before her hanging and a man is hired to bring her back.A woman breaks out of jail before her hanging and a man is hired to bring her back.A woman breaks out of jail before her hanging and a man is hired to bring her back.
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Beulah Archuletta
- Indian Squaw
- (uncredited)
Bart Braverman
- Pablo
- (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
- Sheriff Jenner
- (uncredited)
Joe Haworth
- Haddon
- (uncredited)
Nolan Leary
- Judge Dwight Larson
- (uncredited)
Pierce Lyden
- Culdane - Sheriff of Beldon County
- (uncredited)
Kermit Maynard
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Dan Riss
- Walt Bodie - Lawyer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Hired Gun (1957) was the first film produced by Rory Calhoun and Victor M. Orsatti's production company, Calhoun-Orsatti Enterprises, Inc. The film also contained the statement "Rorvic Productions," a combination of the producers' first names.
- GoofsA clear moving shadow of the camera is visible on the floor of the gallows as it cranes up following Ellen and Judd as the drive away to the jail.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Red Cockatoo (2006)
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the hired gun
The 1950s were to movie westerns what the 40s was to film noir so it's always kinda shocking to see an oater made at this time be so friggin ordinary as this offering from Ray Nazarro. Although maybe not so shocking when you consider the fact that Budd Boetticher, one of the era's best western directors, called Nazarro the "ten day picture guy". And of those ten I would guess that half a day, at most, was spent on the screenplay/story since previous IMDB reviewers have written of its stunning predictability and unoriginality. I do, however, disagree with the previous reviewer who called it "beyond mediocre". Indeed, it is the very quintessence of average. Or, in other words, a solid C.
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- Budget
- $323,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 3 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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