Western

Gunpoint

- The story of a town with a gun in its back !

A young, determined sheriff and his posse chase a gang of murderous train robbers, and a kidnapped woman into New Mexico.

Release Date : 1966-04-25

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Universal Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Chad Lucas

Original Name : Audie Murphy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Uvalde / Bonnie Mitchell

Original Name : Joan Staley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nate Harlan

Original Name : Warren Stevens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bull

Original Name : Edgar Buchanan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cap

Original Name : Denver Pyle

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mark Emerson

Original Name : David Macklin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nicos

Original Name : Nick Dennis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ode

Original Name : Royal Dano

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ab

Original Name : Kelly Thordsen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Drago Leon

Original Name : Morgan Woodward

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hoag

Original Name : William Bramley

Gender : Male

Character Name : 'Mitch' Mitchell

Original Name : Robert Pine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mayor Osborne

Original Name : John Hoyt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tom Emerson

Original Name : Ford Rainey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Zack

Original Name : Mike Ragan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Beardsley

Original Name : Roy Barcroft

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Gordon Armitage

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Jimmie Booth

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Forrest Burns

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Jeff Burton

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Dee Cooper

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Buck Harrington

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : William Henry

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : George Holmes

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Adair Jameson

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Hans Moebus

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : William H. O'Brien

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Joe Phillips

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Waclaw Rekwart

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Bernard Sell

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Casey Tibbs

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Max Wagner

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

It never pays to even the odds! Gunpoint is directed by Earl Bellamy and written by Mary and Willard Willingham. It stars Audie Murphy, Joan Staley, Warren Stevens, Edgar Buchanan, Denver Pyle, David Macklin, Nick Dennis and Royal Dano. Music is by Hans J. Salter and Technicolor cinematography by William Margulies. It's early 1880s Colorado and lawlessness is rife, mostly perpetrated by The Drago Gang who were able to enact their crimes and escape afterwards to the sanctuary of their New Mexico sanctuary. One man, however, is not going to go down without a fight, the sheriff of Lodgepole, Chad Lucas (Murphy). There's a school of thought that Audie Murphy's 1960s Westerns are far weaker than his 1950s ones? Which with one or two exceptions is rightly the case. The decade brought a wind of change in the Western genre, for soon Spaghetti would offer something new on the menu and revisionism was not far away either. With most of Audie's 60s output hindered by budget restrictions and a battle against the changing tide, one has to just hope there's enough on offer to not waste your time. Gunpoint is a right mixed bag that shows the best and worst of Audie's genre output of the decade. Murphy is just fine in is characterisation, his fans suitably catered for, while around him is a stoic and reliable group of Western performers. There's some nifty stunt work on show, plenty of action (property destruction, horse pursuits, shoot-outs etc), and the location photography out of Utah (St. George/Snow Canyon State Park) is gorgeous. While there's also a splendid old fashioned locomotive to enjoy as well. Narratively it's not high end, though a turn of events suggesting our hero to shockingly be a bully of sorts - which gives him emotional conflict - is a smart addition. Unfortunately the good in the production is off set by poor rear protection and polystyrene props etc, which while still carrying nostalgic value, comes with a hint of sadness of where these productions had landed at. Still, this is far from a waste of time, it holds all the requisite genre tropes for fans of Audie and the "B" Westerns we loved so much in the 50s. 6.5/10

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

It never pays to even the odds! Gunpoint is directed by Earl Bellamy and written by Mary and Willard Willingham. It stars Audie Murphy, Joan Staley, Warren Stevens, Edgar Buchanan, Denver Pyle, David Macklin, Nick Dennis and Royal Dano. Music is by Hans J. Salter and Technicolor cinematography by William Margulies. It's early 1880s Colorado and lawlessness is rife, mostly perpetrated by The Drago Gang who were able to enact their crimes and escape afterwards to the sanctuary of their New Mexico stronghold. One man, however, is not going to go down without a fight, the sheriff of Lodgepole, Chad Lucas (Murphy). There's a school of thought that Audie Murphy's 1960s Westerns are far weaker than his 1950s ones? Which with one or two exceptions is rightly the case. The decade brought a wind of change in the Western genre, for soon Spaghetti would offer something new on the menu and revisionism was not far away either. With most of Audie's 60s output hindered by budget restrictions and a battle against the changing tide, one has to just hope there's enough on offer to not waste your time. Gunpoint is a right mixed bag that shows the best and worst of Audie's genre output of the decade. Murphy is just fine in is characterisation, his fans suitably catered for, while around him is a stoic and reliable group of Western performers. There's some nifty stunt work on show, plenty of action (property destruction, horse pursuits, shoot-outs etc), and the location photography out of Utah (St. George/Snow Canyon State Park) is gorgeous. While there's also a splendid old fashioned locomotive to enjoy as well. Narratively it's not high end, though a turn of events suggesting our hero to shockingly be a bully of sorts - which gives him emotional conflict - is a smart addition. Unfortunately the good in the production is off set by poor rear protection and polystyrene props etc, which while still carrying nostalgic value, comes with a hint of sadness of where these productions had landed at. Still, this is far from a waste of time, it holds all the requisite genre tropes for fans of Audie and the "B" Westerns we loved so much in the 50s. 6.5/10