
Film
The Showdown
1950 · 1h 26m · Mystery · Western
SWORN TO KILL A MAN HE'D NEVER SEEN!
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Overview
Shadrach Jones, ex-Texas State Policeman, has the ruthless determination to find and kill the man who shot his brother in the back and stole the money with which he was to buy a ranch for the two of them. At the saloon-hotel run by Adelaide, Shadrach is convinced that one of the cowhands on the Captain McKellar cattle drive to Montana is his man. He takes the job of trail-herd boss to find the killer. McKellar preaches to Jones that he should forget revenge and let the law of retribution take care of the killer. Shadrach's hard driving of the men and his hunt for the killer makes him bitterly hated, and his retribution quest ends in a manner he did not anticipated.
Cast

Bill Elliott
Shadrach Jones

Walter Brennan
Cap MacKellar

Marie Windsor
Adelaide

Harry Morgan
Rod Main

Rhys Williams
Chokecherry

Jim Davis
Cochran

William Ching
Mike Shattay

Nacho Galindo
Gonzales

Leif Erickson
Big Mart

Henry Rowland
Dutch

Charles Stevens
Indian Joe

Victor Kilian
Hemp

Yakima Canutt
Davis

Guy Teague
Pickney

William Steele
Terry

Harry Lauter
Cowhand (uncredited)
Crew
- Dorrell McGowanDirector · Screenplay
- Stuart E. McGowanDirector · Screenplay
- Richard WormserStory
- Dan GordonStory
- Reggie LanningDirector of Photography
- Harry KellerEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- August 15, 1950
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Rated
- NR
- Genres
- Mystery, Western
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