The Stranger Wore a Gun
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Director Andre de Toth Production Columbia Pictures Country United States | 5.8/10 IMDb Genre Western Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date July 30, 1953 (1953-07-30) (USA) Based on "Yankee Gold" (story)
by John W. Cunningham Writer Kenneth Gamet (screenplay), John W. Cunningham (based upon"Yankee Gold" by) Genres Western, Action Film, Action/Adventure Cast Randolph Scott (Jeff Travis), Claire Trevor (Josie Sullivan), Lee Marvin (Dan Kurth), Ernest Borgnine (Bull Slager), Joan Weldon Similar movies Cowboys & Aliens , Stagecoach , Red Sun , They Call Me Renegade , Junior Bonner , The Adventures of Huck Finn Tagline THE SCREEN'S GREATEST OUTDOOR STAR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Stranger Wore a Gun is a 1953 Technicolor Western film directed by Andre DeToth, and starring Randolph Scott and Claire Trevor. Based on the short story "Yankee Gold" by John W. Cunningham, the film is about a former spy who moves to Arizona to join a gold robbery, but reconsiders and decides to change his life. The film is one of the first 3-D western movies; it earned an estimated $1.6 million at the North American box office in 1953. The supporting cast features Joan Weldon, George Macready, Alfonso Bedoya, Lee Marvin and Ernest Borgnine.
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Plot
Jeff Travis (Randolph Scott), a former spy for Quantrill's Raiders, rides to Arizona to start a new life. Finding that his reputation has preceded him, crooked Jules Mourret (George Macready) hires him to monitor a series of gold shipments, in preparation for a major robbery. Travis falls in love with Shelby Conroy (Joan Weldon), daughter of freight-line operator Jason Conroy (Pierre Watkin), and decides to turn honest.
Cast
Continuity Error
Shortly after the halfway point, Shelby mistakenly calls Randolph's character, "Jeff" who is known to her at this specific time in the movie as, "Mark," in the following line, "Jeff, I know you've done everything you could to help us..."
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