Noose for a Gunman | |
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Directed by | Edward L. Cahn |
Screenplay by | James B. Gordon |
Story by | Steve Fisher |
Produced by | Robert E. Kent |
Starring | Jim Davis Barton MacLane |
Cinematography | Walter Strenge |
Edited by | Grant Whytock |
Music by | Paul Sawtell Bert Shefter |
Color process | Black and white |
Production company | Premium Pictures |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 69 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Noose for a Gunman is a 1960 American Western film directed by Edward L. Cahn and starring Jim Davis and Barton MacLane. The film was a remake of Steve Fisher's Top Gun (1955) then was later remade as The Quick Gun . [1] [2]
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