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The Quiet Gun (1957)

The Quiet Gun poster
Directed by
William F. Claxton
Genre
Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 17m
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A town marshal faces hostility when he tries to enforce the law against a powerful local rancher. The story follows his struggle to bring justice without starting a range war.

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What happens

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. It was also known as 'Fury at Rock River'. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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