Saturday, August 6, 2011

Shotgun (1955)


Allied Artists
Directed by Lesley Selander
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, VCI Entertainment)

Sterling Hayden is a former outlaw turned Deputy US Marshal when his friend and Sheriff is murdered on the streets of a dusty town by a gang of recently released convicts. Hayden goes after the men which leads him on a long journey through picaresque western scenery. Along the way he picks up a former saloon hall dancer, a plump Yvonne De Carlo with short hair, and a bounty hunter also after the men. The killers are running guns to the Apaches and it is the Indians who play a part in their capture. It's all strictly routine, with Hayden and De Carlo looking tired in their roles, but the locations are wonderful in color and widescreen.

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