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Marshal of Heldorado (1950)

Marshal of Heldorado poster
Directed by
Thomas Carr
Genre
Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 03m
Rated
NR
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A meek outsider is mistaken for a feared gunslinger and accidentally becomes a town hero in the Old West. The film mixes frontier action with gentle comedy.

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What happens

Marshal of Heldorado is a 1950 American Western film starring Russell Hayden, James Ellison, and Julie Adams (credited early in her career as Betty Adams). The film blends traditional frontier action with light comedy, following a timid newcomer who is mistaken for a deadly gunfighter and inadvertently becomes the town’s unlikely hero. The movie features a supporting cast of B‑Western regulars including Fuzzy Knight, Tom Tyler, Dennis Moore, and Raymond Hatton. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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