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Showdown at Boot Hill (1958)

Showdown at Boot Hill poster
Directed by
Gene Fowler Jr.
Genre
Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 11m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A U.S. marshal returns to a small town to take back a wanted man but faces hostility from locals who protect the outlaw. He must rely on his own wits and gun to enforce the law.

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What happens

Showdown at Boot Hill is a 1958 American Western film directed by Gene Fowler Jr., written by Louis Vittes, and starring Charles Bronson, Robert Hutton, John Carradine, Carole Mathews, Fintan Meyler and Paul Maxey. The film was released on May 1, 1958, by 20th Century Fox. It was the first film Gene Fowler Jr. made for Regal Films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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