Noose for a Gunman

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Noose for a Gunman
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Screenplay byJames 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
Release dates
  • April 13, 1960 (1960-04-13)(Los Angeles)
  • May 1, 1960 (1960-05-01)(United States)
Running time
69 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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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Plot

Though wanted for murder, gunslinger Case Britton returns home to Rock Valley when he learns that the stagecoach carrying his fiancée is being targeted by bandit Jack Cantrell in this suspenseful Western.

Cast

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References

  1. NOOSE FOR A GUNMAN, Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 27, Iss. 312, (Jan 1, 1960): 130.
  2. NOOSE FOR A GUNMAN (United Artists). Carrington, Shirley. Picture Show; London (Aug 6, 1960): 13.