The Gambler Wore a Gun

The Gambler Wore a Gun

IT WAS THE TIME OF A YOUNG AND VIOLENT FRONTIER...THE TIME FOR MEN TO STAND AND FIGHT!

1961 · 66 min · ★ 5.3 · Thriller, Western

The professional gambler Case Silverthorn wants to quit and retire to a small ranch in Marlpine he bought recently. On the way there he saves the Sheriff's life, who got into an ambush. However another man is dead, Will Donovan, from whom he bought the ranch! Neither the Sheriff nor Donovan's children know about the sale. So Case has to switch back to his former profession, while he tries to clarify the situation. He comes across a group of cattle thieves.

Directed by Edward L. Cahn · Written by Orville H. Hampton

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Jim Davis Case Silverthorne
Merry Anders Sharon Donovan
Addison Richards Doc Devlin
Mark Allen Marshal Dex Harwood
Robert Anderson Tray Larkin
Don Dorrell Jud Donovan
Charles Cane Kelly Barnum
Keith Richards Het Larkin
John Craig Rebe Larkin
Joe McGuinn Hastings (as Joe McQuinn)
Morgan Shaan Thompson
Boyd 'Red' Morgan Luke

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