Gun Duel in Durango

{{Short description|1957 film by Sidney Salkow}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Use American English|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox film | name = Gun Duel in Durango | image = File:Gun Duel in Durango.jpg | caption = | director = [[Sidney Salkow]] | producer = [[Robert E. Kent]] | writer = [[Louis Stevens (writer)|Louis Stevens]] | starring = [[George Montgomery (actor)|George Montgomery]]<br>[[Ann Robinson]]<br>[[Steve Brodie (actor)|Steve Brodie]] | music = [[Paul Sawtell]]<br>[[Bert Shefter]] | cinematography = [[Maury Gertsman]] | editing = Robert Golden | color_process = [[Black and white]] | studio = Peerless Productions<br>Robert E. Kent Productions | distributor = [[United Artists]] | released = {{film date|1957|5|1|}} | runtime = 74 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = }} '''''Gun Duel in Durango''''' is a 1957 American [[Western film]] directed by [[Sidney Salkow]] and starring [[George Montgomery (actor)|George Montgomery]].<ref>{{TCMDb title|22901}}</ref>

It was originally known as ''The Last Gun in Durango''.<ref>{{Cite news |title=FOX PLANS MOVIE ON 'MAD BOMBER': Anthony Muto Will Produce Feature Film--Wilde Signs for Sports-Car Picture |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/01/03/archives/fox-plans-movie-on-mad-bomber-anthony-muto-will-produce-feature.html |date=Jan 3, 1957 |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=27 |id={{ProQuest|114002419}}}}</ref>

==Plot== Will Sabre, an outlaw, decides to reform and ride to a new territory to begin a new life. This angers the gang's leader, Jake Dunsten, who gives chase.

Will encounters a 10-year-old boy burying his father, killed in a covered-wagon attack. Dunsten's men ride up and shoot it out with Will, who uses the man's grave for cover.

Taking the boy, Robbie, with him to the town of Durango, an attempt is made by Will to start fresh. He calls himself Dan Tomlinson and finds a job in a bank. He renews an acquaintance with a former sweetheart, rancher Judy Ollivant, who believes his story that he is no longer an outlaw. Sheriff Howard is suspicious of the stranger, however, and sends a wire seeking information about the notorious Will Sabre, even though a Texas Rangers captain vouches for "Dan."

Dunsten's gang kidnap Robbie and hold him hostage, forcing Will to help them rob the bank. Will goes through with it, but personally captures Dunsten and returns the stolen loot, earning a pardon from the governor that enables him to settle down with Judy and Robbie for good.

==Cast== * [[George Montgomery (actor)|George Montgomery]] as Dan * [[Ann Robinson]] as Judy * [[Steve Brodie (actor)|Steve Brodie]] as Dunsten * [[Bobby Clark (juvenile actor)|Bobby Clark]] as Robbie * [[Frank Ferguson]] as Sheriff Howard * [[Don "Red" Barry]] as Larry (as Donald Barry) * [[Henry Rowland (actor)|Henry Rowland]] as Roy * [[Denver Pyle]] as Ranger Captain * [[Mary Treen]] as Spinster * Al Wyatt Sr. as Jones (as Al Wyatt) * [[Boyd "Red" Morgan]] as Burt (as Red Morgan) * Joe Yrigoyen as Stacey

==See also== * [[List of American films of 1957]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0050466}} {{Sidney Salkow}} {{Edward Small}}

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