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Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon

Feature-length Western based on the hit TV show 'Tales of Wells Fargo,' about a Wells Fargo Company troubleshooter who becomes the target of an outlaw he helped send to prison.

Top Cast

  • Dale Robertson

    Dale Robertson

    Jim Hardie

  • Jack Ging

    Jack Ging

    Beau

  • William Demarest

    William Demarest

    Jeb

  • George Kennedy

    George Kennedy

    Hawk

  • Rod Cameron

    Rod Cameron

    Nathan Chance

  • Patricia Owens

    Patricia Owens

    Katherine

  • Philip Carey

    Philip Carey

    Squire

  • Claude Akins

    Claude Akins

    Rake

  • Mary Jane Saunders

    Mary Jane Saunders

    Mary Gee

Overview

Feature-length Western based on the hit TV show 'Tales of Wells Fargo,' about a Wells Fargo Company troubleshooter who becomes the target of an outlaw he helped send to prison.

Rating

5.8 / 10
6 Reviews
1 Popular

1 Reviews

  • John Chard
    John Chard
    4 Apr 25, 2017

    There must be an easier way to get Hardy? Gunfight at Black Horse Canyon is directed by R. G. Springsteen and written by Frank Gruber and Anthony Lawrence. It stars Dale Robertson, Jack Ging, William Demarest, George Kennedy, Rod Cameron, Patricia Owens, Phillip Carey, Claude Akins and Mary Jane Saunders. Music is by Richard Shores and cinematography by Bud Thackery. I didn't know it prior to viewing this, but it's derived from the TV series "Tales of Wells Fargo" and is in fact two episodes – "The Dodger" and "Assignment in Gloribee" - stitched together to make a feature film. Upon finding out this fact it explains just why Gunfight at Black Horse Canyon is so uneven and bad. Everything about it screams out as being low budget fodder, the story line is weak, back screen projection is cheap and nasty and some usually reliable actors are reduced to auto-cue type acting. While characterisation is sparse, with some characters flitting in and out without rhyme or reason to anyone who didn't watch the show. Of course it may well be that fans of the show could find good value in this elongated venture? But for anyone else, as an advertisement appetiser? It hardly makes one yearn to seek out more of the show! For Kennedy's brief villainy and Akins reliability remaining intact, it just about escapes being bottom of the barrel, but it's mightily close to being just that. 3/10

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