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Five Guns to Tombstone

"'GUN DOWN THE KILLERS!" - The Bloody Day Tombstone got its name!"

Billy Wade is an ex-gunslinger who is approached by his outlaw brother Matt, not long out of prison, to help him with a big-time robbery. Matt forces Billy's participation with an offer he cannot refuse, unaware that Billy is actually working on the side of the law.

Top Cast

  • James Brown

    James Brown

    Billy Wade

  • John Wilder

    John Wilder

    Ted Wade

  • Walter Coy

    Walter Coy

    Ike Garvey

  • Robert Karnes

    Robert Karnes

    Matt Wade

  • Joe Haworth

    Joe Haworth

    Hoke

  • Quintin Sondergaard

    Quintin Sondergaard

    Hank

  • Boyd 'Red' Morgan

    Boyd 'Red' Morgan

    Hoagie

  • Jon Locke

    Jon Locke

    Rusty Kolloway

  • Della Sharman

    Della Sharman

    Arlene

Overview

Billy Wade is an ex-gunslinger who is approached by his outlaw brother Matt, not long out of prison, to help him with a big-time robbery. Matt forces Billy's participation with an offer he cannot refuse, unaware that Billy is actually working on the side of the law.

Rating

6.1 / 10
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  • John Chard
    John Chard
    4 Sep 2, 2018

    I sorta figure blood is thicker than good resolutions... Five Guns to Tombstone is directed by Edward L. Cahn and collectively written by Ricahrd Schayer, Jack De Witt and Arthur Orloff. It stars James Brown, Walter Coy, Robert Karness and Willis Bouchey. Paul Sawtell and Bert Shefter share composing duties and Maury Gertsman provides the cinematography. Not a lot to write home about here, where the plot treads familiar ground as reformed outlaw gets roped into bad ways again, and his brother is involved in the mess that follows. As some Western fans have rightly spotted, this is a remake of Ray Nazarro's Gun Belt from 1953. Itself not a great film, it is however the one to seek out in preference to this offering. Though made in 1960 this actually feels more like a 1940s Western, where an air of serial sogginess hangs over proceedings. Cahn appears to be one of those jobbing directors who studios turned to to haul a pic in on time. Everything is competently staged, the action etc, and the landscapes pleasing, but excitement is in short supply and the finale doesn't pay off for time invested in viewing. 4/10

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