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| name = Red Sundown
| name = Red Sundown
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| image = File:Red Sundown.jpg
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| director = [[Jack Arnold (director)|Jack Arnold]]
| director = [[Jack Arnold (director)|Jack Arnold]]
| producer = [[Albert Zugsmith]]
| producer = [[Albert Zugsmith]]
| based_on = [[Lewis B. Patten]]
| based_on = ''[[Back Trail]]'' by [[Lewis B. Patten]]
| screenplay = [[Martin Berkeley]]
| screenplay = [[Martin Berkeley]]
| narrator =
| narrator =
| starring = [[Rory Calhoun]]<br>[[Martha Hyer]]<br>[[Dean Jagger]]
| starring = [[Rory Calhoun]]<br>[[Martha Hyer]]<br>[[Dean Jagger]]
| music = [[Hans J. Salter]]
| music = [[Hans J. Salter]]
| cinematography = William Snyder
| cinematography = [[William E. Snyder (cinematographer)|William E. Snyder]]
| editing = [[Edward Curtiss]]
| editing = [[Edward Curtiss]]
| color_process = [[Technicolor]]
| color_process = [[Technicolor]]
| studio = Universal Pictures
| studio = [[Universal-International Pictures]]
| distributor = [[Universal Pictures]]
| distributor = Universal-International Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1956|03}}
| released = {{Film date|1956|03}}
| runtime = 81 minutes
| runtime = 81 minutes
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'''''Red Sundown''''' is a 1956 American [[western (genre)|Western]] film directed by [[Jack Arnold (director)|Jack Arnold]] and starring [[Rory Calhoun]], [[Martha Hyer]] and [[Dean Jagger]].
'''''Red Sundown''''' is a 1956 American [[Technicolor]] [[Western (genre)|western film]] directed by [[Jack Arnold (director)|Jack Arnold]] and starring [[Rory Calhoun]], [[Martha Hyer]] and [[Dean Jagger]].<ref>Pitts p.269</ref> It was produced and distributed by [[Universal-International Pictures]].<ref>Dick p.162</ref> It is based on the 1956 novel ''[[Back Trail]]'' by [[Lewis B. Patten]] and had the [[working title]] ''Decision At Durango''.


==Plot==
==Plot==
Alec Longmire ([[Rory Calhoun]]), a gunfighter, decides to change his ways after nearly losing his life. He reforms, becoming a deputy to an honest sheriff, Jade Murphy ([[Dean Jagger]]), and falling in love with the sheriff's daughter Caroline ([[Martha Hyer]]).
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==
==Cast==
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==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

==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==
==External links==
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Revision as of 01:37, 22 June 2024

Red Sundown
Directed byJack Arnold
Screenplay byMartin Berkeley
Based onBack Trail by Lewis B. Patten
Produced byAlbert Zugsmith
StarringRory Calhoun
Martha Hyer
Dean Jagger
CinematographyWilliam E. Snyder
Edited byEdward Curtiss
Music byHans J. Salter
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal-International Pictures
Release date
  • March 1956 (1956-03)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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

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
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