The Bounty Killer (1965)

NR07/30/1965Western1h 36m
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Wanted... dead or alive.

Overview

Willie Duggans, a tenderfoot from the east, arrives in the wild west and soon experiences its violence. Willie discovers the easy money in bounty killing and must choose between that violent lifestyle and the love of a beautiful saloon singer.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Dan Duryea

    Willie Duggan

  2. Cast 1

    Rod Cameron

    Johnny Liam

  3. Cast 1

    Audrey Dalton

    Carole Ridgeway

  4. Cast 1

    Richard Arlen

    Matthew Ridgeway

  5. Cast 1

    Buster Crabbe

    Mike Clayman

  6. Cast 1

    Johnny Mack Brown

    Sheriff Green

  7. Peter Duryea

    Youth - Bounty Hunter

  8. Cast 1

    Eddie Quillan

    Pianist

  9. Cast 1

    Grady Sutton

    Minister

This could have been quite a decent western adventure were it nor for the surprisingly weak effort from Dan Duryea. He ("Duggan") arrives out west where he is shocked by the lawlessness and violence he encounters. Determined to make a decent living for himself and his gal "Carole" (Audrey Dalton) he takes up as a bounty hunter, but has he the strength of character not to become subsumed by greed and violence himself? To be blunt, Duryea is just not at his best here, and at nearly 60 years of age is not remotely convincing as the naive man he is supposed to be; unless he has been in kindergarte...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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