Guns of a Stranger

{{Short description|1973 film by Robert Lewis Hinkle}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Use American English|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox film | name = Guns of a Stranger | image = Guns of a Stranger poster.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Robert Hinkle | producer = Robert Hinkle Marty Robbins | screenplay = Charles W. Aldridge | starring = Marty Robbins Chill Wills Dovie Beams Steve Tackett William Foster Shug Fisher | music = | cinematography = Donald H. Birnkrant | editing = Michael Berman | studio = Marty Robbins Enterprises | distributor = Universal Pictures | released = {{Film date|1973|5|1}} | runtime = 91 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }}

'''''Guns of a Stranger''''' is a 1973 American Western film directed by Robert Hinkle and written by Charles W. Aldridge. The film stars Marty Robbins, Chill Wills, Dovie Beams, Steve Tackett, William Foster and Shug Fisher. The film was released on May 1, 1973, by Universal Pictures.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/77149/guns-of-a-stranger |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118085745/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/77149/Guns-of-a-Stranger/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 18, 2012 |title=Guns of a Stranger (1973) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=2015-12-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/94084/Guns-of-a-Stranger/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140525022153/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/94084/Guns-of-a-Stranger/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-05-25 |title=Guns-of-a-Stranger - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author=Sandra Brennan |date=2014 |access-date=2015-12-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=55225 |title=Guns of a Stranger |publisher=Afi.com |date= |access-date=2015-12-16}}</ref>

==Plot== Marty Robbins plays a sheriff who is attacked by a young gunfighter. After he kills the gunfighter in self defense, he quits being a lawman and becomes a singing drifter. Marty drifts into a war between honest folks and a gang of crooks. Note: Ronny Robbins is Marty's real-life son.

==Cast== *Marty Robbins as Sheriff Matthew Roberts *Chill Wills as Tom Duncan *Dovie Beams as Virginia Duncan *Steve Tackett as Danny Duncan *William Foster as Ace Gorenum *Shug Fisher as Shug Meadows *Tom Hartman as Harley Rutledge *Charley Aldridge as Clyde Terlan *Ronny Robbins as Alfred Bearden *Melody Hinkle as Faye Bearden *Mark Reed as Young Outlaw *Don Winters as Axe Mayhew *Bobby Sykes as Bob Bishop *Fred Graham as Sheriff Stoner *Phil Strassberg as Nathan Cryder *Al Wood as Fight Promoter *Harold Wells as Tiger Wells *Jack Swank as Bartender *Du Shon as Blackie *Glen Bond as Stagecoach Guard *Jim Mooney as Deputy *Jenny Needham as Sadie Ketcham *Nudie as Blacksmith *Ron Nix as Indian

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0070142|Guns of a Stranger}}

Category:1973 films Category:American Western (genre) films Category:1973 Western (genre) films Category:Universal Pictures films Category:1973 English-language films Category:1973 American films Category:English-language Western (genre) films