The Hired Gun
A woman breaks out of jail before her hanging and a man is hired to bring her back.
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"The Hired Gun opens with a camera shot through the noose that is scheduled to go around the pretty neck of Ellen Beldon (Anne Francis), the first woman ever to face hanging in Texas. When she's rescued by Judd Farrow (Chuck Connors) and taken back to her family's ranch in New Mexico, the Texans hire Gil McCord (Rory Calhoun) to bring her back in order to carry out the sentence. The heavy backdrop of a potential hanging, especially of a woman, gives the film some dramatic weight, as does the trip back to Texas, after McCord has recaptured Ellen. The film could have been a lot more int..."
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This film was successful at the box office and made MGM a profit of $169,000 (about $1.87M in 2024) according to studio records.
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A woman breaks out of jail before her hanging and a man is hired to bring her back.