Man or Gun

May 30, 1958

1h 19m

★ 2.5

SHOOT-OUT After SHOOT-OUT! No man could be that good...IT HAD TO BE THE GUN!

Overview

Gun-slinging drifter "Maybe" Smith's Colt .44 pistol and shooting skills are put to the test shortly after his arrival in the New Mexico frontier town of Dusty Flats. After outdrawing wanted outlaw Buckstorm Corley in the saloon, Smith finds himself up against the entire corrupt Corley clan -- who've been running roughshod over the fearful townsfolk for years.

Genres

Action

Western

Production Companies

Albert C. Gannaway Productions

Republic Pictures

Man or Gun Trailers

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Cast

'Maybe' Smith / Scott Yancey

Macdonald Carey

Fran Dare

Audrey Totter

Pinch Corley

James Craig

Sheriff Jim Jackson

James Gleason

Mike Ferris

Warren Stevens

Swede

Karl 'Killer' Davis

Justin Corley

Harry Shannon

Buckstorm Corley

Ken Lynch

Billy Corley

Julian Burton

Jack Corley

Carl York

Burt Burton

Robert Burton

Mrs. Pinch Corley

Jil Jarmyn

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