The Lone Gun

1/23/2017

Cruze Missile and the Three of Spades. The Lone Gun is directed by Ray Nazarro and written by Don Martin, Richard Schayer and L. L. Freeman. It stars George Montgomery, Dorothy Malone, Neville Brand, Frank Faylen, Skip Homeier, Robert Wilke, Douglas Kennedy and Fay Roope. Music is by Irving Getz and cinematography by Lester White (color by Color Corporation of America). "The history of any frontier region . . . such as the great expanses of the new State of Texas . . . offered many examples of the strange way in which a few men of great evil could dominate whole communities of well meaning, but passive citizens... ...And examples, too, of men who rode out alone for law and order, with badges on their vests and handcuffs in their pockets . . . playing a lone gun against great odds"

2/19/2026

This is one of those entirely unremarkable westerns that screams out for a second-stringer to bring it to life. As it is, it tells the tale of “Cruze” (George Montgomery) who arrives in a town being terrorised by the three “Moran” brothers. He quickly regrets his involvement after he agrees to be their marshal only to discover that the place is full of spineless wonders, and even when he manages to assemble proof against one of the menacing (well no, not really) siblings they refuse to back him with a posse. Anyway, undeterred and aided only by his new friend and fellow traveller "Fairweather” (Frank Faylen) he sets off in hot pursuit of “Tray” (Neville Brand) and his brothers. It’s all join-the-dot stuff this, with a shockingly wooden effort from an out-of-sorts Dorothy Malone and a bit o