Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) | |
| Director(s) | John Sturges |
| Producer(s) | Paul Nathan (associate), Hal B. Wallis |
| Top Genres | Drama, Thriller/Suspense, Western |
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Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) was a Drama - Thriller/Suspense Film directed by John Sturges and produced by Hal B. Wallis and Paul Nathan.
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Last Train from Gun Hill (1959): Douglas Vs. Quinn
By 4 Star Film Fan on Aug 20, 2020 From 4 Star FilmsThe action begins with a chase of sorts, except with the men pursuing a buckboard, carrying a woman and a young boy, it’s more like a game of cat-and-mouse. As a Native American maiden and a pretty one at that, they look to have their way with her. A horrible incident follows, and it’s a... Read full article
LAST TRAIN FROM GUN HILL
By Dan Day Jr. on Oct 21, 2017 From The Hitless Wonder Movie BlogA couple years ago, I did a series of posts listing my top 100 movies of all time. When the list was completed, I was surprised to find out that three of the films on it were directed by John Sturges--THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, THE GREAT ESCAPE, and BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK. Sturges gets almost no critical... Read full article
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
By Beatrice on Oct 15, 2016 From Flickers in TimeLast Train from Gun Hill Directed by John Sturges Written by James Poe; story by James Poe 1959/USA Bryna Productions/Hal Wallis Productions First viewing/Amazon Instant This superior Western boasts an outstanding cast. As the film begins, a couple of young hoodlum types harass a Cherokee woman... Read full article
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Marshal Matt Morgan: [angrily] I AM the law!
Rick Belden, Craig's Son: Don't take no guts to kill a man when he's cuffed!
Marshal Matt Morgan: Takes guts not to. Be too easy on ya. You'd die too quick. I know an old man who'd like to kill you, Belden - the Indian way: slow. That's how I'm gonna do it: slow - but the white man's way. First you stand trial. That takes a fair amount of time, and you'll do a lot of sweating! Then they'll sentence ya. I never seen a man who didn't get sick to his stomach when he heard the kind of sentence you'll draw. After that you'll sit in a cell and wait, maybe for months, thinking how that rope will feel around your neck. Then they'll come around, some cold morning, just before sun-up. They'll tie your arms behind you. You'll start blubbering, kicking, yelling for help. But it won't do you any good. They'll drag you out in the yard, heave you up on that platform, fix that rope around your neck and leave you out there all alone with a big black hood over your eyes. You know the last sound you hear? Kind of a thump when they kick the trapdoor catch - and down you go. You'll hit the end of that rope like a sack of potatoes, all dead weight. It'll be white hot around your neck and your Adam's Apple will turn to mush. You'll fight for your breath, but you haven't got any breath. Your brain will begin to boil. You'll scream and holler! But nobody'll hear you. You'll hear it. But nobody else. Finally you're just swingin' there - all alone and dead.
Salesman in Horseshoe Saloon: You're kinda lonesome, missy.
Linda, Craig's Girl: I haven't been lonesome since I was twelve years old.
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Kirk Douglas 's salary was $325,000 against ten percent of the gross.
For the sequences showing the train in Gun Hill, Paramount installed 600 feet of track snaking in and around their western street located at their Hollywood studio. At one point the steam engine traveled right under the window of Paramount chief executive Y. Frank Freeman who protested so much about the resulting noise that the tracks had to be moved.
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