Sundown Jim

{{short description|1942 film by James Tinling}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Use American English|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox film | name = Sundown Jim | image = Sundown Jim poster.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = James Tinling | producer = Sol M. Wurtzel | screenplay = William Bruckner Robert F. Metzler | story = Ernest Haycox | starring = John Kimbrough Virginia Gilmore Arleen Whelan Joe Sawyer Paul Hurst Moroni Olsen | music = Cyril J. Mockridge | cinematography = Glen MacWilliams | editing = Nick DeMaggio | studio = 20th Century Fox | distributor = 20th Century Fox | released = {{Film date|1942|3|27}} | runtime = 63 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }}

'''''Sundown Jim''''' is a 1942 American Western film directed by James Tinling, written by William Bruckner and Robert F. Metzler, and starring John Kimbrough, Virginia Gilmore, Arleen Whelan, Joe Sawyer, Paul Hurst and Moroni Olsen. It was released on March 27, 1942, by 20th Century Fox.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/91914/sundown-jim |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929040042/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/91914/Sundown-Jim/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 29, 2015 |title=Sundown Jim (1942) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date=1994-04-11 |access-date=2015-09-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/112263/Sundown-Jim/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929200107/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/112263/Sundown-Jim/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-09-29 |title=Sundown-Jim - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide |author=Hal Erickson |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |date=2015 |access-date=2015-09-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=27487 |title=Sundown Jim |publisher=Afi.com |date= |access-date=2015-09-28}}</ref>

Kimbrough was a star player for the undefeated 1939 Texas A&M Aggies football team who made two Western movies, then returned to Texas to become a member of the state legislature.

==Plot== {{More plot|date=September 2015}} Into the town of Resurrection rides a lawman, "Sundown" Jim Majors, who finds himself in the middle of a feud. A rancher's daughter, Tony Black, is angry because her father was shot by hired guns working for rival rancher Andrew Barr, including outlaw Ben Moffitt.

Jim intervenes, retrieving U.S. mail stolen by the gang and meeting Barr's daughter Catherine, who knows that her father hired gunmen after causing anger with recent land transactions. Moffitt eventually double-crosses Barr, killing him, before Jim defeats him and his gang with Tony's help. Offered to stay as the town's new marshal, Jim accepts and begins planning a wedding with Catherine.

== Cast == *John Kimbrough as Sundown Jim Majors *Virginia Gilmore as Tony Black *Arleen Whelan as Catherine Barr *Joe Sawyer as Ben Moffitt *Paul Hurst as Broderick *Moroni Olsen as Andrew Barr *Don Costello as Dobe Hyde *LeRoy Mason as Henchman Brick *Lane Chandler as Nat Oldroyd *James Bush as Ring Barr *Charles Tannen as Dan Barr *Cliff Edwards as Stable proprietor *Paul Sutton as Henchman Dale *Eddy Waller as Clem Black *Tom Fadden as Stagecoach driver *Frank McGrath as Outlaw

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== External links == * {{IMDb title|0035394|Sundown Jim}}

Category:1942 films Category:20th Century Fox films Category:American Western (genre) films Category:1942 Western (genre) films Category:Films directed by James Tinling Category:1942 English-language films Category:1942 American films Category:English-language Western (genre) films