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Decision at Sundown

Decision at Sundown

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Part of The Ranown Cycle Westerns Collection

1957•1h 18m•6.3/10
Western

Ratings

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6.3/10(82)

A man and his partner arrive at a small Western town to kill its most powerful man because the former blames him for his wife's death.

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Production

Producers-Actors Corporation, Scott-Brown Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Randolph Scott

Randolph Scott

Bart Allison

John Carroll

John Carroll

Tate Kimbrough

Karen Steele

Karen Steele

Lucy Summerton

Valerie French

Valerie French

Ruby James

Noah Beery Jr.

Noah Beery Jr.

Sam

John Archer

John Archer

Dr. John Storrow

Andrew Duggan

Andrew Duggan

Sheriff Swede Hansen

James Westerfield

James Westerfield

Otis, the Bartender

John Litel

John Litel

Charles Summerton

Ray Teal

Ray Teal

Morley Chase

Vaughn Taylor

Vaughn Taylor

Mr. Baldwin

Richard Deacon

Richard Deacon

Reverend Zaron

H.M. Wynant

H.M. Wynant

Spanish

Gordon Carveth

Clerk

Bill Clark

Morley's Henchman

Abel Fernandez

Abel Fernandez

Pete (uncredited)

Duke Fishman

Barfly

Herman Hack

Herman Hack

Stage Passenger

Al Haskell

Buggy Driver

Reed Howes

Morley's Henchman

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