Decision at Sundown

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Decision at Sundown

Directed by	Budd Boetticher
Produced by	Harry Joe Brown
Written by	Charles G. Lang (screenplay)
Starring	Randolph Scott
Cinematography	Burnett Guffey
Editing by	Al Clark
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	November 10, 1957
Running time	77 mins.
Country	United States
Language	English

Decision at Sundown is a 1957 western directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Randolph Scott.

One of seven Boetticher/Scott western collaborations that also includes Seven Men from Now, The Tall T, Buchanan Rides Alone, Westbound, Ride Lonesome and Comanche Station.

Plot synopsis

Bart Allison (Randolph Scott) rides into a sleepy town named Sundown with the intention of killing local boss Tate Kimbrough (John Carroll) by sundown.

Some years earlier Kimbrough had an affair with Allison’s wife who later committed suicide. Tensions build as sundown approaches, not just between Allison and Kimbrough, but among the townspeople as well.

Cast

Randolph Scott as Bart Allison
John Carroll as Tate Kimbrough
Karen Steele as Lucy Summerton
Valerie French as Ruby James
Noah Beery, Jr. as Sam
John Archer as Dr. John Storrow
Andrew Duggan as Sheriff Swede Hansen
James Westerfield as Otis, the bartender
John Litel as Charles Summerton
Ray Teal as Morley Chase
Vaughn Taylor as Mr. Baldwin, the barber
Richard Deacon as Reverend Zaron
H. M. Wynant as Deputy Spanish

External links

Decision at Sundown at the Internet Movie Database
Randolph Scott at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Budd Boetticher

One Mysterious Night (1944)
Escape in the Fog (1945)
Assigned to Danger (1948)
Behind Locked Doors (1948)
The Wolf Hunters (1949)
The Bullfighter and the Lady (1951)
The Cimarron Kid (1952)
Red Ball Express (1952)
Horizons West (1952)
City Beneath the Sea (1953)
Seminole (1953)
The Man from the Alamo (1953)
East of Sumatra (1953)
The Killer Is Loose (1956)
Seven Men from Now (1956)
The Tall T (1957)
Decision at Sundown (1957)
Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)
Westbound (1959)
Ride Lonesome (1959)
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond (1960)
Comanche Station (1960)
A Time for Dying (1969)

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