Showdown at Boot Hill (1958)

Showdown at Boot Hill: Directed by Gene Fowler Jr.. With Charles Bronson, Robert Hutton, John Carradine, Carole Mathews. A deputy marshal kills a murderer in a town that loved him, and when no one is willing to identify him, he can’t collect any reward.

“Steady, but Unremarkable and Uncommonly Sentimental Western, Notable for Future Super-Star Bronsonu0026#39;s First Top Billing.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBecause itu0026#39;s Bronson the Movie has an Odd Feeling as the Budding Star Slinks into an Introspection Not Usually Found in His Overconfident Macho Screen-Persona.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFor Example, much is Made of His u0026#39;Shortu0026quot; Stature and Supposed Over-Compensation with His Gun and Killing.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eCharles (Bukowski) Bronson was 5u0026#39;9u0026quot; Tall…Hardly Short.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe Story Has Bronson Trying to Collect on a Bounty (although he is a Marshall) and the Killer was so Liked in Town that All of Them Turn on Him in a Heart-Beat.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eHe is Also Forced into a Romantic Affair and the Meeting of Two u0026quot;Lonelyu0026quot; and Outcast People Find Each Other and Attain Happiness.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe Gun-Play and Violence is Straight-Forward but Energetic and Effective.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eJohn Carradine has a Significant Role as the Only Townie that Warms Up to the Marshall-Bounty-Hunter.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBronson Fares Better in His Next Starring Role for Roger Corman as u0026quot;Machine Gun Kellyu0026quot; (1958).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThatu0026#39;s the Bronson that Gained a Fanatical Fan Following.”