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The Young Guns (film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Young Guns' is a 1956 American Western film directed by Albert Band and written by Louis A. Garfinkle. The film stars Russ Tamblyn, Gloria Talbott, Perry Lopez, Scott Marlowe, Wright King and Walter Coy. The film was released on September 12, 1956, by Allied Artists Pictures.YOUNG GUNS, The
Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 25, Iss. 288, (Jan 1, 1958): 11.
Plot
Cast
*Russ Tamblyn as Tully Rice
*Gloria Talbott as Nora Bawdre
*Perry Lopez as San Antone
*Scott Marlowe as Knox Cutler
*Wright King as Jonesy
*Walter Coy as Sheriff Jim Peyton
*Chubby Johnson as Rongo Jones / Grandpa
*Myron Healey as Deputy Nix
*Jim Goodwin as Georgie Briggs
*Rayford Barnes as Kid Cutler
*I. Stanford Jolley as Felix Briggs
*Emory Parnell as Padgett
Tom London as Lookout (uncredited)
Production
The film was based on a story by Albert Band and Lou Garfinkle. In 1955 it was bought by Hayes Gotez who would produce the film for Allied Artists.STUDIO REMAKING PIRANDELLO PLAY: Universal to Modernize 'As Before, Better Than Before,' Once 'This Love of Ours'
By THOMAS M. PRYORS New York Times 2 Mar 1955: 22.
Gloria Talbot was cast in March 1956. The film was called "A Western about juvenile delinquency."'MATADOR' IS EYED BY TWO STUDIOS New York Times 12 Mar 1956: 23. Tamblyn was borrowed from MGM.Of Local Origin
New York Times 16 Mar 1956: 19.
Reception
The 'Los Angeles Times' called it "chillingly violent if not always coherent."Blond Widow, Rustlers Spell Trouble in Film
C S. Los Angeles Times 30 Nov 1956: B9.
In 1956 Band and Garfinkle signed a six picture deal with Allied.6-FILM PACT MADE BY ALLIED ARTISTS: Company Signs Agreement With Lew Garfinkel and Albert Band New York Times 24 Nov 1956: 17. In 1957 Band and Garfinkle bought the rights to the film to turn it into a TV series.MISS O'BRIEN CAST FOR VIDEO SERIES New York Times 1 June 1957: 37.
References
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