Man with the Gun

1/25/2017

Robert Mitchum is......Man With The Gun. Clint Tollinger arrives in a small town looking for his estranged wife and news of his daughter, tho he finds her, the chance of any sort of reconciliation is very slim. Whilst here, the sheriff and the important townsfolk learn of Tollinger's reputation as a pistol specialist town tamer. As they are living in fear of a mysterious landowner who is stripping the town from them bit by bit, they hold a meeting that chooses to hire Tollinger to rid the town of it's unsavoury elements. Man With The Gun seems to be either a forgotten piece or a vastly under seen one, for at the time of me writing this, it has just over 200 votes and a paltry 9 user comments written for it on IMDb. It's a shame on either score because although the production values s

4/24/2021

_**Well done town-bound Western with Robert Mitchum, albeit in B&W**_ A gunman (Robert Mitchum) strolls into town in the Old West and is hired as a town-tamer. Henry Hull plays the aged and cautious marshal while John Lupton and Emile Meyer appear as citizens. Leo Gordon and Claude Akins are on hand as heavies. "Man with the Gun" (1955) is a quality town-bound Western with Robert Mitchum towering as a laconic righteous gunfighter. The stock plot is standard, but the cast, the writing, the performances and the convincing town set make it compelling. Another highlight is the stellar cast of women, including Jan Sterling (Nelly), Barbara Lawrence (Ann), Karen Sharpe (Stella) and Angie Dickinson (Kitty), all stunning. The only issue is the lack of color unless you don't mind B&W.

8/29/2026

There is something fairly standard about the plot here as a town under the control of a brutal, yet seldom seen, cattle man "Holman" seeks help from the no-nonsense "Tollinger" (Robert Mitchum). There is some uncertainty amongst the townsfolk about the merits of picking a fight with his chandelier-owning henchman "Frenchy" (Ted de Corsia) and his enforcer "Pinchot" (Leo Gordon) but when local farmer "Castle" (John Lupton) goes and gets himself shot while protecting his land, they stump up his $500 fee and find themselves with a new sheriff. "Tollinger" hits the ground running, banning weapons and provoking the complacent "Frenchy", but as the body count starts to rise will his citizenry back him or turn a convenient shade of yellow? Will the enigmatic "Holman" ever show up to face him and,