Hostile Guns

1967

1h 31m

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5.1/10

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US Marshal Gid McCool leads a wagon train of convicted felons to Huntsville prison. The only female among the crooks is the dancehall girl Laura Mannon, McCool's former flame. When McCool cannot be swayed from completing his lawful duty, Laura tries to endear herself to shotgun rider Mike Reno in hopes he will set her free.

Directors

R.G. Springsteen

Writers

Steve Fisher(screenplay by)

Sloan Nibley(story by)

James Edward Grant(story by)

Stars

George Montgomery

Yvonne De Carlo

Tab Hunter

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Gid McCool

Laura Mannon

Mike Reno

Marshal Willett

Aaron Pleasant

Hank Pleasant

R. C. Crawford

Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez

Angel Dominguez

Ned Cooper

Sheriff Travis

Uncle Joe Reno

Ed Johnson

Ole Jenson

Buck

Bunco

Townsman

Directors

R.G. Springsteen

Writers

Steve Fisher(screenplay by)

Sloan Nibley(story by)

James Edward Grant(story by)

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5/10

More tepid than hostile. Not a great deal to write home about here, Hostile Guns is every inch a late 1960s Oater clinging on to the fading embers of a genre that was at the time moving in another direction. It's directed by R.G. Springsteen and co-written by Steve Fisher, Sloan Nibley and James Edward Grant. It stars George Montgomery, Yvonne De Carlo, Tab Hunter, Brian Donlevy, John Russell and Leo Gordon. Music is by Jimmie Haskell and the Techniscope/Technicolor photography is by Lothrop Worth. Plot has Montgomery as Sheriff Gid McCool, who is tasked with escorting a wagon of prisoners through the plains. Tricky since one of the prisoners has cohorts desperate to break him free, while another one is an old flame! Tab Hunter is in the cast to bring down the average age of the cast, many of whom are going through the motions and are clearly in it to pick up a late in their career pay cheque. It's very much indicative of an A.C. Lyles production, the mixture of airy location shooting and crude rear projection work is most disconcerting. Brian Donlevy is front page billed but is in the film for two minutes, while the stunt doubles are ridiculously evident - which via the splicing are actually insulting. On the plus side there's a nice print available which showcases the good use of colour, and Gordon provides some good grumpy villainy, but it all trundles towards the inevitable climax, which all things considered isn't worth the wait. 5/10

John Chard25 May, 2015