
Support Your Local Sheriff!(1969)
In the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough.


“A weapon in his hand made him Big....Powerful !”
Bounty hunter Luke Welsh arrives looking for a wanted man. When that man draws on him he has to kill him. To collect his reward he needs a statement identifying him. But the man was well liked in town and no one will sign such a statement. When he outdraws another man who thought he was faster, some townsmen decide he should be killed and they organize a mob to go after him.

Charles Bronson
Luke Welsh

John Carradine
Doc Weber

Carole Mathews
Jill Crane

Robert Hutton
Sloane

Fintan Meyler
Sally Crane

Thomas Browne Henry
Con Maynor

Paul Maxey
Judge Wallen

George Douglas
Charles Maynor

Barbara Woodell
Mrs. Charles Maynor

Argentina Brunetti
Mrs. Bonaventura
Showdown at Boot Hill is a western film released in 1958 exploring themes of deputy, shootout. Directed by Gene Fowler Jr., it stars Charles Bronson, John Carradine, Carole Mathews. Bounty hunter Luke Welsh arrives looking for a wanted man. When that man draws on him he has to kill him. To collect his reward he needs a statement identifying him. But the man was well liked in town and no one will sign such a statement. When he outdraws another man who thought he was faster, some townsmen decide he should be killed and they organize a mob to go after him.
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