Gunfire (film)

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Gunfire
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Directed by William Berke
Screenplay byVictor West
William Berke
Produced byWilliam Berke
Jack Leewood
Starring Don Barry
Robert Lowery
Pamela Blake
Cinematography Ernest Miller
Edited by Carl Pierson
Music by Albert Glasser
Production
company
Donald Barry Productions
Distributed by Lippert Pictures
Exclusive Films (UK)
Release date
August 11, 1950
Running time
59 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Gunfire is a 1950 American western film directed by William Berke and starring Don Barry, Robert Lowery and Pamela Blake. [1] It was made as a second feature and released by Lippert Pictures while Exclusive Films distributed it in Britain. It was also known by the alternative title Frank James Rides Again. [2]

Contents

Plot

Frank James' plans at a quiet life are threatened by the arrival of a lookalike.

Cast

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References

  1. Memories of a Movie-Mad Girlhood By CARYL RIVERS. New York Times (13 June 1971: D15.
  2. FRANK JAMES RIDES AGAIN Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 20, Iss. 228, (Jan 1, 1953): 35.