Last Train From Gun Hill (1959)

Country: USA
Director: John Sturges
Production Co: Paramount
Genre: Romance, Western
Rating: 7.4/10
Length: 94 mins

Storyline

The wife of marshal Matt Morgan is raped and murdered. The killers leave behind a distinctive saddle, that Morgan recognises as belonging to his old friend Craig Belden, now cattle baron in the town of Gun Hill. Belden is sympathetic, until it transpires that one of the murderers is his own son Rick, whom he refuses to hand over. Morgan is determined to capture Rick and take him away by the 9.00 train; but he is trapped in the town alone, with Belden and all his men now looking to kill him.—David Levene

Plot Keywords

rape and revenge, rape, revenge, conflict between friends, father son relationship, knocked out

Short Review

Described as an adult western, the 95-minute tale is not for the faint of heart as it immediately gets to the plot without sparing a second, enabling the drama to develop a rolling boil as tensions build straight to the final moments of the film.