Day of the evil gun

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When Forbes’ (Arthur Kennedy) family is kidnapped by Apache Indians he enlists the help of his gun-slinging neighbour Warfield (Glenn Ford) and a scout called Jimmy Noble (Dean jagger) in a rescue bid to get his family back. What follows is a sequence of events that will change the personalities of each of the men leading to an eventual showdown. Cast also includes John Anderson, Harry Dean Stanton, Paul Fix, Nico Minardos.

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Credits

producer/director

Jerry Thorpe

production company

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Duration

01:33:45:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1968

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

319857

Language

English

Subject categories

Action & Adventure

Action & Adventure → Action films

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Apache Indians

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - United States

Westerns

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q5231436

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United States, 1968

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