Five Guns West
4.4 /10 1 Votes
Duration Language English | 4.2/10 IMDb Screenplay Robert Wright Campbell Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date April 15, 1955 (1955-04-15) Writer R. Wright Campbell (screenplay) Cast (Govern Sturges), (Shalee), (Hale Clinton), (Confederate Captain) Similar movies Related Roger Corman movies Tagline GUNS, GOLD AND A GIRL! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Five Guns West is a 1955 Western film set during the American Civil War directed by Roger Corman. It was Corman's first film as director although he had already made two as producer. It was the second of two films he made for the American Releasing Company, which later became American International Pictures.
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- Five guns west 1955 pardoned
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Reception
- Home Release
- References
The film stars Dorothy Malone, John Lund and Mike Connors. The cast also includes R. Wright Campbell, who wrote the screenplay.
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Plot
Five men, due to be hanged, accept a pardon to join the Confederate army. Their tasks is to go after a traitor and a shipment of stolen gold. They end up taking a woman, Shalee Jethro, captive and begin fighting over her, before one of the men, Govern Sturges, intervenes on her behalf.
Cast
Production
This movie was Dorothy Malone's first film following the death of her younger brother.
R. Wright Campbell was paid $200 to write the script; his first screenplay. Corman served as producer and director to save money. R. Wright Campbell acted in addition to the screenplay duties. This marked the first time Corman worked with long time collaborator Floyd Crosby.
It was shot over nine days. Corman reportedly went over budget making the movie.
Reception
DVD Savant found "The movie is less interesting for its quality than its place in the development of independent production. " TV Guide gave the movie 2 out of 5 stars, finding it similar to other westerns of the time. Variety found the movie acceptable for smaller venues,but found it to have too much talking and not enough action
Home Release
The movie is available on line for free from several sites, including Youtube, and released on DVD in 2003
References
Five Guns West WikipediaFive Guns West IMDb Five Guns West themoviedb.org