The Quiet Gun

The Quiet Gun is a 1957 American Western film directed by William F. Claxton and written by Eric Norden and Earle Lyon. The film stars Forrest Tucker, Mara Corday, Jim Davis and Kathleen Crowley. It is based on the 1955 novel Lawman by Lauran Paine.^[2][3][4]

The Quiet Gun
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	William F. Claxton
Written by	Eric Norden Earle Lyon (Adaption for the screen)
Screenplay by	Eric Norden
Based on	Lawman by Lauran Paine
Produced by	Earle Lyon
Starring	Forrest Tucker Mara Corday Jim Davis Kathleen Crowley Lee Van Cleef
Cinematography	John J. Mescall
Music by	Paul Dunlap
Color process	Black and white
Production company	Regal Films
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	January 1957 (1957-01)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$100,000[1]

It was also known as 'Fury at Rock River'.

Plot

Doug Sadler (Lee Van Cleef), a cattle rustler comes to town. He's in a secret partnership with saloon owner John Reilly (Tom Brown). They plan to run the stolen cattle into Hell's Canyon, located on land belonging to Ralph Carpenter (Jim Davis). Carpenter and his wife Teresa (Kathleen Crowley) are separated, so Reilly has sent Native American beauty Irene (Mara Corday) to seduce Carpenter. Then Reilly put a flea in the ear of Steven Hardy (Lewis Martin), the town's Eastern born city attorney about "immorality". When Hardy tries to serve a warrant for his arrest, in the resulting confrontation Hardy is killed. Sheriff Brandon (Forrest Tucker), who was in love with Teresa before her marriage and was friends with Ralph Carpenter, sets out to arrest Carpenter. However, a lynch mob knocks out the sheriff and hangs Carpenter. Brandon arrests the mob and tricks the city council into stopping another mob that demands the release of the arrested men. Meanwhile, Irene returns to the Carpenter house where she is discovered by Reilly and Sadler, who assault her. At the trial the members of the lynch mob are sentenced to three years in jail. Then Mrs. Carpenter arrives with the news that Reilly and Sadler have killed Irene. In a gunfight Sadler and Reilly are killed. Sheriff Brandon is only wounded and reunited with Teresa.

Cast

• Forrest Tucker as Sheriff Carl Brandon
• Mara Corday as Irene
• Jim Davis as Ralph Carpenter
• Kathleen Crowley as Teresa Carpenter
• Lee Van Cleef as Doug Sadler
• Hank Worden as Sampson
• Tom Brown as John Reilly
• Gerald Milton as Lesser
• Lewis Martin as Steven Hardy
• Vince Barnett as Undertaker
• Edith Evanson as Mrs. Merrick

Production

The film was an early movie from Regal Films who made B movies for 20th Century Fox. It was from the same team who had made Stagecoach to Fury (1956).

Reception

During a screening of the film in Los Angeles, an armed robber burgled the cinema and was shot by police trying to flee.^[5]

See also

• List of American films of 1957