The Sundowners

4/9/2018

An old, obscure Western that pulsates with authenticity (in more ways than one) RELEASED IN 1950 and directed by George Templeton, "The Sundowners" is a Western taking place in the Texas panhandle where honest rancher Tom Cloud (Robert Sterling) and his teenage brother (John Drew Barrymore) are having a difficult time with dubious Sheriff Elmer Gall (Don Haggerty) and some rustlers. When supposed outlaw Kid Wichita (Robert Preston) comes back to town, however, he starts cleaning up the county, which earns the ire of the sheriff and the rustlers. Chill Wills plays a kindly neighbor while John Litel appears as the sheriff’s father, who’s (apparently) unaware of his son’s questionable activities. NOTE: This shouldn’t be confused with the 1960 movie of the same name about Australian shee