Western

The Bounty Killer

- Wanted... dead or alive.

Willie Duggans, a tenderfoot from the east, arrives in the wild west and soon experiences its violence. Willie discovers the easy money in bounty killing and must choose between that violent lifestyle and the love of a beautiful saloon singer.

Release Date : 1965-07-30

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Embassy Pictures CorporationPremiere Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Willie Duggan

Original Name : Dan Duryea

Gender : Male

Character Name : Johnny Liam

Original Name : Rod Cameron

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carole Ridgeway

Original Name : Audrey Dalton

Gender : Female

Character Name : Matthew Ridgeway

Original Name : Richard Arlen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mike Clayman

Original Name : Buster Crabbe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sheriff Green

Original Name : Johnny Mack Brown

Gender : Male

Character Name : Youth - Bounty Hunter

Original Name : Peter Duryea

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pianist

Original Name : Eddie Quillan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Minister

Original Name : Grady Sutton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sam - Bartender

Original Name : Emory Parnell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hank Willis

Original Name : Norman Willis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Big Jim Seddon (as Red Morgan)

Original Name : Boyd 'Red' Morgan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Red - Henchman

Original Name : Bob Steele

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marshal Davis (as Daniel M. White)

Original Name : Dan White

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jeb

Original Name : John Reach

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ben Liam

Original Name : Duane Ament

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Weaver

Original Name : Michael Hinn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cantina Waitress

Original Name : Dolores Domasin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Townsman

Original Name : Edmund Cobb

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joe

Original Name : Ronn Delanor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Indian

Original Name : Dudley Ross

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sheriff Jones

Original Name : I. Stanford Jolley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bartender in Cantina / Man in Audience

Original Name : Frank Lackteen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Waiter

Original Name : Tom Kennedy

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Man in the Cantina

Original Name : Gilbert M. Anderson

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

The Pharisees The Bounty Killer is directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and written by Ruth Alexander and Leo Gordon. It stars Dan Duryea, Rod Cameron, Audrey Dalton, Richard Arlen, Buster Crabbe, Fuzzy Knight and Johnny Mack Brown. Music is by Ronald Stein and cinematography by Frederick E. West. Willie Duggans (Duryea) arrives in the Wild West and quickly becomes exposed to its violence. Finding that big money can be made by bringing in bad guys, he takes up arms and plans to make enough money to set him up for a future with Carole Ridgeway (Dalton), a beautiful saloon singer. But the job isn't easy, physically, emotionally and mentally. It's a film that asks some forgiveness from Western fans, you are asked to accept Duryea being too old for the role, some iffy production issues, coincidences and some giant leaps of faith. Yet if you can do that and just roll with its high energy willingness to keep the Western traditional in the mid 60s? Then this is better than a time waster. Ultimately it's a message movie about the cycle of violence and how said violence can corrupt the most amiable of minds. The screenplay deftly brings in to the equation the roles of normal outsiders who don't mind violence as long as it is for their own ends, something which brings the best sequence in the film to the fore and lets Duryea once again show his class. Backing the superb Duryea is a roll call of Western movie veterans, all of which - with the leading man - make for a reassuring presence at our Oater dinner table. Neatly photographed out of the Corriganville and Glenmoor ranches in California, this may be a "B Western" trying to keep the traditional Western afloat in the mid 60s, but it's honourable in intent and entertains the Western faithful royally. 7/10

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-09-05

This could have been quite a decent western adventure were it nor for the surprisingly weak effort from Dan Duryea. He ("Duggan") arrives out west where he is shocked by the lawlessness and violence he encounters. Determined to make a decent living for himself and his gal "Carole" (Audrey Dalton) he takes up as a bounty hunter, but has he the strength of character not to become subsumed by greed and violence himself? To be blunt, Duryea is just not at his best here, and at nearly 60 years of age is not remotely convincing as the naive man he is supposed to be; unless he has been in kindergarten for an awfully long time. The story is decent, the film keeps moving along well enough, and the supporting efforts from Randolph Scott lookalike Rod Cameron and Buster Crabbe keep it off the rocks, but unfortunately too much of the plot and the storyline depend on the implausible efforts of the leading man.