Gunplay (film)

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Gunplay
Harper Carter and Tim Holt in "Gunplay".jpg
Harper Carter and Tim Holt in "Gunplay"
Directed by Lesley Selander
Written by Ed Earl Repp
Produced by Herman Schlom
Starring Tim Holt
Cinematography J. Roy Hunt
Edited byDouglass Biggs
Music by Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • April 24, 1951 (1951-04-24)(US) [1]
Running time
61 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$145,000 [2]

Gunplay is a 1951 American western film directed by Lesley Selander. It stars Tim Holt and Joan Dixon. [3] It reunited Holt and Dixon from Law of the Badlands . The film was originally called Gun Notches. [4] Filming took place in late 1950. [5]

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Plot

A man named Sam Martin is killed, but when his son identifies the killer's name, no one has ever heard of him.

Cast

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References

  1. "Gunplay: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
  2. Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p259
  3. .Gunplay at the TCM Movie Database
  4. Schallert, Edwin (October 21, 1950). "Powerful Heavy Bettger Changes Pace; Dekker, Loy Team Scrutinized". Los Angeles Times. p. A7.
  5. THOMAS F. BRADY (January 7, 1951). "HOLLYWOOD THOUGHTS TURN TO ACADEMY AWARDS: COPS AND ROBBERS IN LONDON TOWN". New York Times. p. 85.

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