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Cattle King

"'RIP DOWN HIS FENCES! GUN DOWN HIS WOMAN! but then they must answer to the man who walks like a giant and fights like a fury!"

A rich landowner of Wyoming fights to prevent the Texas herds from trampling his rich meadows.

Top Cast

  • Robert Taylor

    Robert Taylor

    Sam Brassfield

  • Robert Loggia

    Robert Loggia

    Johnny Quatro (Teton Ranch Hand)

  • Joan Caulfield

    Joan Caulfield

    Sharleen Travers

  • Robert Middleton

    Robert Middleton

    Clay Mathews

  • Larry Gates

    Larry Gates

    President Chester A. Arthur

  • Malcolm Atterbury

    Malcolm Atterbury

    Abe Clevenger (Homesteader)

  • William Windom

    William Windom

    Harry Travers - Sharleen's Brother

  • Virginia Christine

    Virginia Christine

    Mrs. Ruth Winters (Brassfield's Housekeeper)

  • Richard Devon

    Richard Devon

    Vince Bodine (Mathews' Hired Gunman)

Overview

A rich landowner of Wyoming fights to prevent the Texas herds from trampling his rich meadows.

Rating

6.3 / 10
14 Reviews
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1 Reviews

  • John Chard
    John Chard
    6 Jun 26, 2017

    It's a fence off and Prez Chet has to get involved! Guns of Wyoming (AKA: Cattle King) is directed by Tay Garnett and written by Thomas Thompson. It stars Robert Taylor, Robert Loggia, Joan Caulfield, Robert Middleton, Larry Gates and William Windom. Music is by Paul Sawtell and cinematography by William Snyder. A range war looms large in Wyoming... Fronted by the ever reliable Western presence that was Bobby Taylor, this pic follows a familiar and slight formula. Which ultimately is fine for those who love the prolific line of Westerns produced in the 50s and 60s. Thematically it's strong, where we find Taylor's hard working and honest cattleman desperately trying to protect his land from the free grazing movement - something which brings into play nefarious characters. Sam Brassfield (Taylor) fences off his land and Clay Matthews (Middleton) - with henchmen in tow - cuts them down, simultaneously putting the word out that it's Brassfield who's doing the snipping! Naturally there's romance in the air, which causes friction from more than one quarter, and into the mix comes a visit to this part of Wyoming by President Chester A. Arthur. Who, as it happens, is a key player in spite of his limited screen time (Gates regally excellent). There's a dark edge bubbling away in this one, which is capitalised upon with a genuinely shocking turn of events. If only the finale could have given us a barnstormer of the kind the story kind of demands. Elsewhere there's no problems in the cast, all perform goody/villain/pretty gal characters with measured form, the location photography in Kernville, California is most appealing, whilst the screenplay is without fuss and pointless filler. True enough to say it's hardly essential viewing for Western fans, and action junkies will be left hankering, but Taylor fans are appeased and it remains watchable from first frame to last. 6/10

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