Gun for a Coward

Dec 30, 1956

1h 28m

★ 5.6

SAGA OF WESTERN GUN-JUSTICE!

Overview

A young cowboy, whose dedication to the principles of peace and reason has earned him a reputation for cowardice, overcomes his psychological aversion to violence after his elder brother unjustly censures him for not joining in a foolhardy gunfight in which their youngest brother is killed.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Universal International Pictures

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Cast

Will Keough

Fred MacMurray

Bless Keough

Jeffrey Hunter

Aud Niven

Janice Rule

Loving

Chill Wills

Hade (Harry) Keough

Dean Stockwell

Madame Keough

Josephine Hutchinson

Claire

Betty Lynn

Chief

Iron Eyes Cody

Danny

Robert F. Hoy

Marie

Jane Howard

Rose

Marjorie Stapp

Stringer

John Larch

Jack Pepper accidentally fires his gun while forcing a newspaper editor to retract his statement regarding Miss Tulip Hellier, and the sheriff goes after Jack. While hiding out, Jack finds a liquor cache on the Hellier ranch and knows it was placed there as a ruse to distract the sheriff while an outlaw gang runs dope across the border.

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