
Rio Bravo(1959)
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.


Small-town sheriff discovers that gun-fighting is the only way to clean up the town.

John Agar
Sheriff Jim Crayle

Joyce Meadows
Peg Barton

Barton MacLane
Simon Crayle

Robert Strauss
Yubo

Lyn Thomas
Kate Durand

James Griffith
Cash Skelton

Morris Ankrum
Andrew Barton

Leslie Bradley
Rev. Jacob Hall

Doodles Weaver
Eph Loveman

Mike Ragan
Tanner (as Holly Bane)
Frontier Gun is a western film released in 1958 exploring themes of small town, sheriff. Directed by Paul Landres, it stars John Agar, Joyce Meadows, Barton MacLane. Small-town sheriff discovers that gun-fighting is the only way to clean up the town.
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