The Man with the Gun
by Richard Wilson
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Actor: Emile Meyer, Henry Hull, Jan Sterling, Karen Sharpe, Robert MitchumDirector: Richard Wilson
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
Cinematographer: Lee Garmes
Writer: Richard Wilson
Editor: Gene Milford
Producer: Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
Writer: N.B. Stone Jr.
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 83 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-05-13
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: United Artists
Movie Reviews of The Man with the Gun
Movie Review: Not One Of Mitchum's Best
Summary: 2 Stars
MAN WITH A GUN(1955)---Robert Mitchum, Jan Sterling, Karen Sharpe, Henry Hull, Emile Meyer, John Lupton, Barbara Lawrence, Leo Gordon
A "so-so" western with Mitchum playing a man who rides into town looking for Jan Sterling, with whom he had a daughter(it's never made clear whether they we married or not)---Sterling left Mitchum because she didn't like the way he made his living. Mitchum wants info on the daughter and learns that she took ill and died at around age 4 or 5. Sterling is the "Mother Goose" to a bevy of dance-hall girls who work the local "hot spot". Mitchum's "occupation" is, "town-tamer", meaning that he hires out to rid towns of the "bad guys" when the local law can't do the job(echoes of WARLOCK, although that's a far better movie than this one). Mitchum soon discovers that he has ridden into such a town. He is hired to "do his thing" and sets about doing so with ruthless efficiency. His proficiency at his job necessitates an ultimate showdown with the guy causing all the lawlessness. Of course, Mitchum triumphs, he and Sterling reconcile, Mitchum renounces "town-taming", and the sun shines brightly. As I said, this is a "so-so" film---not terribly good---but not all that bad either. It's best when Mitchum is "on the job" and showing the hooligans the "error of their ways". It bogs down in the scenes between Mitchum and Sterling. Henry Hull is good as the local sheriff who just isn't up to taking on the "baddies" alone, but is happy to help Mitchum deal with them. Leo Gordon is, as always, good as one of the miscreants who eventually pays the price for crossing Mitchum. The movie also has Angie Dickinson and Claude Akins in unbilled, bit-parts---Dickinson plays one of the dance-hall gals and, of course, Akins plays one of the bad guys. If you like westerns, you could do worse than watching this one.
Summary of The Man with the Gun
Robert Mitchum portrays an Exterminator--in the American West. He will for a price eliminate any outlaws annoying the peace of any Western town. When his wife (Jan Sterling) in disgust leaves him he pursues her only to encounter his greatest gunfighting challenge. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?WESTERN/CLASSICS Rating:?NR UPC:?883904107224 Manufacturer No:?M110722The same year he delivered one of the indelible performances in American movies--the cracked preacher in The Night of the Hunter--Robert Mitchum played another stranger who comes to town bringing death. In 1955's Man with the Gun, however, Mitchum's on the side of good, even if his actions are viewed through a somewhat ambiguous lens. Clint Tollinger is known throughout the West as a "town tamer," the badass you call in when outlaws get the upper hand in a place. The good citizens of Sheridan City are terrified of a local cattle baron, so Tollinger's arrival is just what they want--at first. His no-nonsense approach to wiping out the bad guys is enough to give a person pause. Meanwhile, Tollinger is reacquainting himself with an old flame, now the local bordello madam (Jan Sterling, from Ace in the Hole), who doesn't want any part of him. Mitchum, all broad-shouldered jackets and sucked-in gut, strides through this with his typically confident appeal, although it must be said he doesn't get much heat going with Sterling. (One wonders what might have happened if one of the uncredited cathouse ladies, Angie Dickinson, had played Sterling's role.) Man with the Gun was directed and co-written by a very civilized man, Richard Wilson, who had worked at Orson Welles' side back in the days of the Mercury Theater and during Welles' early years in Hollywood. He makes this film a thoughtful entry in the post-High Noon era, when Westerns were allowed to be complicated and serious. The main problem is, Man with the Gun just doesn't have a great deal of oomph, despite its good intentions and literate approach. As a Mitchum Western, though, it's solid enough. --Robert Horton
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