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Five Guns West (1955)

Five Guns West poster
Directed by
Roger Corman
Genre
Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 18m
Rating
4.5 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

During the American Civil War, a group of five Confederate soldiers travel through the desert. They face challenges and interact while carrying out a mission.

old-fashioneddryploddinglow-budgetsparseunderstateddusty

What happens

Five Guns West is a 1955 Western film set during the American Civil War directed by Roger Corman. It was Corman's first film as director although he had already made two as producer. It was the second film released by the American Releasing Company, which later became American International Pictures. The film stars Dorothy Malone, John Lund and Mike Connors. The cast also includes R. Wright Campbell, who wrote the screenplay. He is billed as "Bob Campbell" in the credits as an actor but as "R. Wright Campbell" as screenwriter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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