Western

Gun Belt

- THE KID...Hot-headed, hot-triggered...the most-feared name history ever ran from!

Gunfighter Billy Ringo decides to hang up his guns, buy a ranch and marry Arlene Reach. His brother Matt, father of Chip, the nephew Ringo is trying to keep on the straight and narrow, with three other outlaws, Dixon, Hollaway and Hoke, frame Ringo into pulling a bank robbery with them. Pretending to side with them, after accidentally killing Matt, Ringo informs Marshal Wyatt Earp of their plan to rob a Wells Fargo express wagon. A gunfight ensues at the robbery and the three outlaws are killed and Ike Clinton, the ringleader, is turned over to Marshal Earp by Ringo. Written by Les Adams

Release Date : 1953-07-24

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Global ProductionsUnited Artists

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Billy Ringo

Original Name : George Montgomery

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chip Ringo

Original Name : Tab Hunter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Arlene Reach

Original Name : Helen Westcott

Gender : Female

Character Name : Matt Ringo

Original Name : John Dehner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rusty Kolloway

Original Name : Jack Elam

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ike Clinton

Original Name : William Bishop

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mel Dixon

Original Name : Douglas Kennedy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wyatt Earp

Original Name : James Millican

Gender : Male

Character Name : Douglas Frazer

Original Name : Hugh Sanders

Gender : Male

Character Name : Oliver

Original Name : Chuck Roberson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Virgil Earp

Original Name : Bruce Cowling

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hoke

Original Name : Joe Haworth

Gender : Male

Character Name : Curley

Original Name : William Phillips

Gender : Male

Character Name : Endicott

Original Name : Willis Bouchey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Texas Jack

Original Name : Boyd 'Red' Morgan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Turkey Creek

Original Name : Boyd Stockman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mort

Original Name : Jack Carry

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Original Name : Byron Foulger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lynch Mob Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Rex Lease

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stage Driver (uncredited)

Original Name : Bud Osborne

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Double cross marks the spot. Gun Belt is directed by Ray Nazarro and written by Jack Dewitt, Richard Schayer and Arthur Orloff. It stars George Montgomery, Tab Hunter, William Bishop, Douglas Kennedy, John Dehner, James Millican, Hugh Sanders, Jack Elam and Helen Westcott. Remade as 5 Guns to Tombstone in 1960, Gun Belt is for sure the much stronger film. Plot treads familiar ground as reformed outlaw gets roped into bad ways again via a frame up by his brother, and to compound matters his nephew is involved in the mess that follows. It essentially uses characters from the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral period of the Tombstone Law Versus Outlaws scheme of history. The makers retain some names, slightly change others, and of course add their own line of history. It's a good old fashioned "B" Western that boasts a roll call of genre performers, and it's this what keeps Gun Belt from falling below average. Montgomery fronts up as the main man, a likeable presence in the genre, it's entertaining watching him weave his way through double cross after double cross. All of which culminates in a showdown where rat like trickery and bluffs form the denouement. Nicely filmed in Technicolor, it's not a half bad production. When the story comes out of the town the Chatsworth scenery is very nice. Action scenes are competently staged as befitting a good old pro like Nazarro, with a pat on the back to the stunt workers who add perkiness to proceedings. As for the musical score, it's standard fare from Gertz. The acting is a mixed bag, and some such as Elam barely get anything to say or do, and Westcott's stock love interest character is barely in it. Leaving us with a decent but not great Western, one for the undemanding after a brisk and tidy time filler. 6/10