The Stranger Wore a Gun

Jul 30, 1953

1h 22m

★ 5.4

THE SCREEN'S GREATEST OUTDOOR STAR

Overview

Having been a spy for Quantrill's raiders during the Civil War, Jeff Travis thinking himself a wanted man, flees to Prescott Arizona where he runs into Jules Mourret who knows of his past. He takes a job on the stage line that Mourret is trying to steal gold from. When Mourret's men kill a friend of his he sets out to get Mourret and his men. When his plan to have another gang get Mourret fails, he has to go after them himself.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Scott-Brown Productions

Columbia Pictures

The Stranger Wore a Gun Trailers

Cast

Jeff Travis

Randolph Scott

Josie Sullivan

Claire Trevor

Dan Kurth

Lee Marvin

Bull Slager

Ernest Borgnine

Shelby Conroy

Joan Weldon

Jules Mourret

George Macready

Degas

Alfonso Bedoya

Jason Conroy

Pierre Watkin

Shorty

Joseph Vitale

Jim Martin

Clem Bevans

Jake Hooper

Roscoe Ates

Todd

Rayford Barnes

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