The Showdown

Aug 15, 1950

1h 26m

★ 5.2

SWORN TO KILL A MAN HE'D NEVER SEEN!

Overview

Shadrach Jones, ex-Texas State Policeman, has the ruthless determination to find and kill the man who shot his brother in the back and stole the money with which he was to buy a ranch for the two of them. At the saloon-hotel run by Adelaide, Shadrach is convinced that one of the cowhands on the Captain McKellar cattle drive to Montana is his man. He takes the job of trail-herd boss to find the killer. McKellar preaches to Jones that he should forget revenge and let the law of retribution take care of the killer. Shadrach's hard driving of the men and his hunt for the killer makes him bitterly hated, and his retribution quest ends in a manner he did not anticipated.

Genres

Mystery

Western

Production Companies

Republic Pictures

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Cast

Shadrach Jones

Bill Elliott

Cap MacKellar

Walter Brennan

Adelaide

Marie Windsor

Rod Main

Harry Morgan

Chokecherry

Rhys Williams

Cochran

Jim Davis

Mike Shattay

William Ching

Gonzales

Nacho Galindo

Big Mart

Leif Erickson

Dutch

Henry Rowland

Indian Joe

Charles Stevens

Hemp

Victor Kilian

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