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'The Gunfight at Dodge City' is a 1959 DeLuxe Color Western CinemaScope film. It was produced by the Mirisch Company, directed by Joseph M. Newman, co-written by Martin Goldsmith and Daniel B. Ullman and starred Joel McCrea as Bat Masterson.p.172 Rowan, Terry 'The American Western A Complete Film Guide' Lulu.com

Plot summary



Bat Masterson sells his saloon to his friend Ben Townsend in order to make money hunting buffalo with Ben's young, disabled brother Billy. A psychotic gunman named Dave Rudabaugh warns Bat that he shouldn't sell his pelts in Hays City. Bat ignores him to come to town where he outdraws a cavalry sergeant making him travel to Dodge City where his brother Ed is the City Marshal.

The upright Ed complains that the County Sheriff Jim Regan is corrupt and destroys his efforts to clean up the town. Ed is in love with Pauline Howard, the daughter of a church minister, but has delayed his marriage for unknown reasons. In the meantime, Bat enters a partnership with Lily, the proprietress of the Lady Gay saloon who faces ruin as the Sheriff and his deputies are attempting to force them out of business by first murdering her original partner, than frightening off her croupiers. Bat battles the Sheriff and his deputies, but after they murder his brother he becomes the City Marshal and has to choose between Pauline and Lily.

Cast



* Joel McCrea as Bat Masterson

* Julie Adams as Pauline Howard

* John McIntire as Doc Sam Tremaine

* Nancy Gates as Lily, Lady Gay Saloon Owner

* Richard Anderson as Dave Rudabaugh

* James Westerfield as Reverend Howard

* Walter Coy as Ben Townsend

* Don Haggerty as Sheriff Jim Regan of Dodge City

* Wright King as Billy Townsend

* Harry Lauter as City Marshal Ed Masterson

Production



Following the success of the Mirisch Productions Joel McCrea Western 'Wichita' (1955), Walter Mirisch decided to make another Western with McCrea. Originally entitled 'The Bat Masterson Story', Mirisch retitled the film 'The Gunfight at Dodge City' to emulate the success of 'Gunfight at the O.K. Corral' (1957).p. 92 Mirisch, Walter 'I Thought We Were Making Movies, Not History' Wisconsin Film Studies April 10, 2008

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