The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
"Roughest gunslinger...and the softest girl in the wild west!"
A lawman goes undercover in order to capture the outlaws who murdered his wife.
Top Cast
-
George Montgomery
Capt. Matt Sloane
-
Jim Davis
Johnny Ringo
-
Beverly Tyler
Della Cooper
-
Don Beddoe
David Cooper
-
Gerald Milton
Ike Clanton
-
Scotty Morrow
Terry Sloane
-
Harry Lauter
Joe Barger
-
Charles Wagenheim
Pete Beasley
-
Lane Bradford
Curly Bill Brosius
Overview
A lawman goes undercover in order to capture the outlaws who murdered his wife.
Rating
6.5
/ 10
4 Reviews 0 Popular
1 Reviews
-
John Chard6 Feb 9, 2019The Sloane Ranger! The Toughest Gun in Tombstone is directed by Earl Bellamy and written by Orville H. Hampton. It stars George Montgomery, Jim Davis, Beverly Tyler, Gerald Milton and Don Beddoe. Music is by Paul Dunlap and cinematography by Kenneth Peach. Solid "B" type Oater finds Montgomery as Matt Sloane, an undercover Arizona Ranger sent into Tombstone to rid it of its outlaw elements. He also has a vested personal interest since the man who killed his wife - and who has shot and injured his son - also resides within the outlaw group. Standard rules apply here, clocking in at just 72 minutes in run time, the requisite fist fights, chases, shoot outs and good versus bad shenanigans fill out the play. There's some nifty cryptic detective work going on, even some stentorian narration suggesting the makers have been watching the noir crime movies of the era. The romantic angle is not over played, with a nice surrogate mother thread ticking along nicely, and the cast and tech crew perform capably within the confines of the low budget production limits. With the opening broadly telling us about the "infamous" named characters operating in Tombstone, it should be noted this is of course not a history lesson, so don't expect one. While elsewhere after being told that President Chester A. Arthur has "ordered" the end of outlaws, it's a little disappointing that there wasn't more scope to expand upon the birth of The Arizona Rangers. But as it is this is sturdy and enjoyable fare for the genre fans to pass the time away with. 6/10
Recommendations
A man and his partner arrive at a small Western town to kill its most powerful man because the former blames him for his wife's death.
Decision at Sundown
6.3 1957
A cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she determines to run alone in opposition to Frank Ivey, "boss" of the valley, whom her father Ben wanted her to marry. She hires recovering alcoholic Dave Nash as foreman and a crew of Ivey's enemies. Ivey fights back with violence and destruction, but Dave is determined to counter him legally... a feeling not shared by his associates. Connie's boast that, as a woman, she doesn't need guns proves justified, but plenty of gunplay results.
Ramrod
6.5 1947
Jim Douglass arrives in the small town of Rio Arriba in order to witness the hanging of the four men he believes murdered his wife. When the convicts escape, Jim tracks them into Mexico, determined to see that justice is done. But the farther Jim goes in his quest for vengeance, the more merciless he becomes, losing himself in an unrelenting spiral of hatred and violence.
The Bravados
6.6 1958
A buffalo hunter has a falling-out with his partner, who kills for fun.
The Last Hunt
6.9 1956
A con man heading west to search for gold teams up with a pair of scheming brothers along the way. The trio soon find themselves in the middle of a feud between two rival families and two underhanded land developers.
Go West
6.5 1940
When a gang of ruthless claim jumpers brutally murders his miner father, a gunman known as the Silver Kid joins forces with the local marshal to free the tiny town of Silver City from the clutches of the dastardly villains.
The Duel at Silver Creek
7.0 1952
American gunslinger Sean Rafferty—aka The Montana Kid—is unable to find someone to duel in a Canadian town where no one understands the brutal code of the American Wild West.
Gunless
6.4 2010
In 1850s Oregon, a businessman is torn between his love of two very different women and his loyalty to a compulsive gambler friend who goes over the line.
Canyon Passage
6.7 1946
Three outlaws come to the aid of a young girl after her father is killed.
3 Bad Men
6.9 1926
A man in search of revenge infiltrates a ranch, hidden in an inhospitable region, where its owner, Altar Keane, gives shelter to outlaws fleeing from the law in exchange for a price.
Rancho Notorious
6.5 1952