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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

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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

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

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[1] Pitts p.269

[2] Dick p.162

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+{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}}
+{{Use American English|date=October 2021}}
 {{Infobox film
-| name           = Red Sundown (deutsch: Auf der Spur des Todes)
+| name           = Red Sundown
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 | caption        =
 | director       = [[Jack Arnold (director)|Jack Arnold]]
 | producer       = [[Albert Zugsmith]]
-| writer         = [[Lewis B. Patten]]
+| based_on       = ''[[Back Trail]]'' by [[Lewis B. Patten]]
 | screenplay     = [[Martin Berkeley]]
 | narrator       =
-| starring       = [[Rory Calhoun]]
+| starring       = [[Rory Calhoun]]<br>[[Martha Hyer]]<br>[[Dean Jagger]]
 | music          = [[Hans J. Salter]]
-| cinematography = William Snyder
+| cinematography = [[William E. Snyder (cinematographer)|William E. Snyder]]
-| editing        = Edward Curtiss
+| editing        = [[Edward Curtiss]]
-| distributor    = [[Universal Pictures Company]]
+| color_process  = [[Technicolor]]
+| studio         = [[Universal-International Pictures]]
+| distributor    = Universal-International Pictures
 | released       = {{Film date|1956|03}}
-| runtime        = 81 mins.
+| runtime        = 81 minutes
-| country        = [[United States]]
+| country        = United States
 | language       = English
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-'''''Red Sundown''''' is a 1956 [[Technicolor]] film directed by [[Jack Arnold (director)|Jack Arnold]].
+'''''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==
-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==
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 * [[Dean Jagger]] as Jade Murphy
 * [[Robert Middleton]] as Rufus Henshaw
-* [[Grant Williams]] as Chet Swann
+* [[Grant Williams (actor)|Grant Williams]] as Chet Swann
-* Lita Baron as Maria
+* [[Lita Baron]] as Maria
 * [[James Millican]] as Bud Purvis
 * [[Trevor Bardette]] as Sam Baldwin
 * [[Leo Gordon]] as Rod Zellman
-* David Kasday as Hughie Clore
+* [[David Kasday]] as Hughie Clore
 ==References==
 {{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==
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 [[Category:1956 films]]
-[[Category:American films]]
+[[Category:Films based on American novels]]
 [[Category:Films based on Western (genre) novels]]
-[[Category:1950s Western (genre) films]]
+[[Category:1956 Western (genre) films]]
 [[Category:American Western (genre) films]]
+[[Category:Films directed by Jack Arnold]]
+[[Category:Films scored by Hans J. Salter]]
+[[Category:Universal Pictures films]]
+[[Category:1950s English-language films]]
+[[Category:1950s American films]]
+[[Category:English-language Western (genre) films]]
 {{1950s-Western-film-stub}}