The Showdown
1950 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Shadrach Jones, ex-Texas State Policeman, has a ruthless determination to find and kill the man who shot his brother in the back and stole the money with which he was to buy a ranch for he and Shadrach. At the saloon-hotel ran by Adelaide, Shadrach is convinced that one of the cowhands on a cattle drive by Captain McKellar to Montana is the killer, and he takes the trail-herd boss job to identify the man. McKellar preaches to Jones that he should forget revenge and let the law of retribution take care of the killer. Shadrach's hard driving of the men and his hunt for the killer makes him bitterly hated, and his retribution quest ends in a manner he has not anticipated.
Direction Dorrell McGowan · Stuart McGowan
Cast Bill Elliott · Marie Windsor · Walter Brennan · Harry Morgan · Rhys Williams · Jim Davis · William Ching · Nacho Galindo · Leif Erickson · Henry Rowland · Charles Stevens · Guy Teague · Victor Kilian · Yakima Canutt · William Steele · Jack Sparks
Soundtrack Stanley Wilson
Screenplay Dorrell McGowan · Stuart McGowan · Richard Wormser · Dan Gordon
Cinematography Reggie Lanning
Original title The Showdown
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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