Gunsmoke (film)
Gunsmoke | |
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Directed by | Nathan Juran |
Produced by | Aaron Rosenberg |
Written by | D.D. Beauchamp |
Based on |
Roughshod by Norman A. Fox |
Starring |
Audie Murphy Susan Cabot Paul Kelly |
Cinematography | Charles P. Boyle |
Edited by | Ted J. Kent |
Production company |
Universal Pictures |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1.3 million (US rentals)[1] |
Gunsmoke is a 1953 Western film directed by Nathan Juran and starring Audie Murphy, Susan Cabot, and Paul Kelly. Gunsmoke is a Technicolor film for action star and war hero Audie Murphy.[2] The film has no connection to the contemporary radio and later TV series of the same name. The film was based on the 1951 novel Roughshod by Norman A. Fox.
Plot
Murphy stars as Reb Kittridge, a wandering hired gun who is hired to kill a rancher (played by Paul Kelly). The gunman has also fallen in love with the rancher's daughter (Susan Cabot). Reb mends his ways by the time Gunsmoke comes to a close.[3]
Cast
- Audie Murphy as Reb Kittridge
- Susan Cabot as Rita Saxon
- Paul Kelly as Dan Saxon
- Charles Drake as Johnny Lake
- Mary Castle as Cora Dufrayne
- Jack Kelly as Curly Mather
- Jesse White as Professor
- Donald Randolph as Matt Telford
- William Reynolds as Brazos
- Chubby Johnson as Doc Farrell
Production
The movie started filming in June 1952 under the title of Roughshod. It was the first of three Westerns Murphy made with Nathan Juran over two years.[4]
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