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.
"'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.
Robert Taylor
Sam Brassfield
Robert Loggia
Johnny Quatro (Teton Ranch Hand)
Joan Caulfield
Sharleen Travers
Robert Middleton
Clay Mathews
Larry Gates
President Chester A. Arthur
Malcolm Atterbury
Abe Clevenger (Homesteader)
William Windom
Harry Travers - Sharleen's Brother
Virginia Christine
Mrs. Ruth Winters (Brassfield's Housekeeper)
Richard Devon
Vince Bodine (Mathews' Hired Gunman)
A rich landowner of Wyoming fights to prevent the Texas herds from trampling his rich meadows.
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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