Decision at Sundown

Decision at Sundown
Directed by Budd Boetticher
Produced by Harry Joe Brown
Written by Charles G. Lang (screenplay)
Starring Randolph Scott
Cinematography Burnett Guffey
Edited 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.

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DVD release

In 2008 a DVD box set of five Budd Boetticher films starring Randolph Scott was released. Along with Decision at Sundown the set includes Buchanan Rides Alone, Comanche Station, Ride Lonesome, and The Tall T.

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