The Man Behind the Gun

The Man Behind the Gun
Directed by Felix Feist
Produced by Robert Sisk
Screenplay by John Twist
Story by Robert Buckner
Starring Randolph Scott
Music by David Buttolph
Cinematography Bert Glennon
Edited by Owen Marks
Production
company
Warner Bros.
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date
  • January 31, 1953 (1953-01-31)
Running time
 82 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $2 million (US)[1]

The Man Behind the Gun is a 1953 American Technicolor Western film directed by Felix Feist and starring Randolph Scott about the establishment of the city of Los Angeles.[2]

Plot

Working as an undercover agent, Ransome Callicut travels west by stagecoach. Notorious bandit Vic Sutro tries to rob it, but Callicut captures him and turns over Sutro to an Army captain, Roy Giles, upon arrival in California.

School teacher Lora Roberts, another passenger, has made the trip to marry Giles, but she becomes ensnared in Senator Mark Sheldon's nefarious schemes and also discovers Giles has been seeing Chona Degnon, a singer.

Sheldon murders a rival senator, Creegan, and fakes his own death. He kidnaps Lora as well. After she realizes that Callicut is actually a government agent, Lora persuades Chona that she can have Giles for herself if only she'll come to her aid. Sheldon also kills Chona before she can betray him, but he is brought to justice by Callicut, who is kissed by a grateful Lora.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954
  2. ↑ The Man Behind the Gun at TCDB
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