Red Sundown is a 1956 American Technicolor western film directed by Jack Arnold and starring Rory Calhoun, Martha Hyer and Dean Jagger. It was produced and distributed by Universal-International Pictures. It is based on the 1956 novel Back Trail by Lewis B. Patten and had the working title Decision At Durango.
Plot
Alec Longmire (Rory Calhoun), a gunfighter, decides to change his ways after nearly losing his life. He reforms, becoming a deputy to Jade Murphy (Dean Jagger), an honest sheriff trapped between warring farmers and cattlemen. He also falls in love with the sheriff's daughter Caroline (Martha Hyer) who despises gunslingers.
Cast
Rory Calhoun as Longmire
Martha Hyer as Caroline
Dean Jagger as Jade Murphy
Robert Middleton as Rufus Henshaw
Grant Williams as Chet Swann
Lita Baron as Maria
James Millican as Bud Purvis
Trevor Bardette as Sam Baldwin
Leo Gordon as Rod Zellman
David Kasday as Hughie Clore
References
Bibliography
Dick, Bernard F. City of Dreams: The Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures. University Press of Kentucky, 2021. Pitts, Michael R. Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films. McFarland, 2012.