The Quiet Gun

1957Movie⏱️ 1h 17mApproved

DramaWestern

⭐ 6.5

IMDB Rating

396 votes

Sheriff Carl Brandon must uphold the law and prevent a lynching when his best friend is accused of murder and immorality by the townsfolk.

Director

William F. Claxton

Writers

Lauran Paine, Eric Norden, Earle Lyon

Stars

Forrest Tucker, Mara Corday, Jim Davis

Release Date

July 19, 1957

Language

English

Country

United States

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Reviews

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🎭 Top Cast

Forrest Tucker

as Sheriff Carl Brandon

Mara Corday

as Irene

Jim Davis

as Ralph Carpenter

Kathleen Crowley

as Teresa Carpenter

Lee Van Cleef

as Doug Sadler

Hank Worden

as Sampson

Tom Brown

as John Reilly

Gerald Milton

as Lesser

Lewis Martin

as Steven Hardy

Vince Barnett

as Undertaker

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

2.35 : 1

Sound

Mono

Color

Black and White

Filming Location

Iverson Ranch - 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Production

Regal Films

🏷️ Keywords

b westernlow budget filmpoverty row filmdouble feature moviedamsel in distress

🎯 Categories

DramaWestern

⭐ Featured Review

Enough Plot Twists and Good Performances to make it Good

by Bob-45 • 2004-01-09

6/10

"Twentieth Century Fox created a subsidiary in the mid 1950s to release films it deemed not good to enough to release under its banner. Regal Pictures, like Fox, released most of its films in wide screen, using "Regalscope," which appears technically indistinguishable from Cinemascope. Ironically, most of Regal's output was as good or better than the B movies from Fox. "The Quiet Gun" is no exception, with fine performances from Forrest Tucker and Jim Davis and some surprising plot twists which lift this movie from the humdrum. Tucker plays a sheriff who must reluctant..."