Seven Ways from Sundown
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| Directed by | Harry Keller |
| Produced by | Gordon Kay |
| Written by | Clair Huffaker (novel and screenplay) |
| Starring |
Audie Murphy Barry Sullivan |
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| Distributed by | Universal-International |
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Running time | 86-87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $500,000[1] |
Seven Ways from Sundown is a 1960 Western film about an inexperienced Texas Ranger, played by Audie Murphy, who is sent to bring in a dangerous, if charming, outlaw played by Barry Sullivan. It is based on the novel of the same name by Clair Huffaker, who also wrote the script. Young cast member Teddy Rooney is the son of actors Mickey Rooney and Martha Vickers.[2]
Plot
Seven Jones (Murphy), is a young Texas Ranger on his first assignment, assigned to bring in the outlaw Jim Flood (Sullivan) well known for his flashy lifestyle. Despite his inexperience Seven manages to capture the outlaw, but finds his efforts to bring his prisoner to jail complicated by people who for various reasons are out to kill him, and other people who consider Flood to be a hero and want to rescue him.
Cast
- Audie Murphy as Seven Ways From Sundown Jones
- Barry Sullivan as Jim Flood
- Venetia Stevenson as Joy Karrington
- John McIntire as Texas Ranger Sergeant Henessey
- Kenneth Tobey as Texas Ranger Lieutenant Herly
- Mary Field as Mrs. Karrington
- Ken Lynch as Graves
- Suzanne Lloyd as Lucinda
- Ward Ramsey as Fogarty
- Don Collier as Duncan
- Jack Kruschen as Beeker
- Claudia Barrett as Gilda
- Teddy Rooney as Jody
- Don Haggerty as Dick Durton
- Robert Burton as Eavens
Production
The movie was originally directed by George Sherman. During filming in the studio, shortly after the unit had returned from location work outside Las Vegas, he and Audie Murphy had an argument over a line reading which resulted in Murphy pushing Sherman over and threatening to kill him. Sherman left the project and was replaced for the remainder of the shoot by Harry Keller. Murphy started an affair with co-star Venetia Stevenson which lasted for a year.[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 Don Graham, No Name on the Bullet: The Biography of Audie Murphy, Penguin, 1989 p 291-292, 299
- ↑ Seven Ways from Sundown at Audie Murphy Memorial Site
External links
- Seven Ways from Sundown at the Internet Movie Database
- Seven Ways from Sundown at the TCM Movie Database
- Seven Ways from Sundown at AllMovie
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