The Quiet Gun (1957)

The Quiet Gun: Directed by William F. Claxton. With Forrest Tucker, Mara Corday, Jim Davis, Kathleen Crowley. Sheriff Carl Brandon must uphold the law and prevent a lynching when his best friend is accused of murder and immorality by the townsfolk.

“Twentieth Century Fox created a subsidiary in the mid 1950s to release films it deemed not good to enough to release under its banner. Regal Pictures, like Fox, released most of its films in wide screen, using u0026quot;Regalscope,u0026quot; which appears technically indistinguishable from Cinemascope. Ironically, most of Regalu0026#39;s output was as good or better than the B movies from Fox. u0026quot;The Quiet Gunu0026quot; is no exception, with fine performances from Forrest Tucker and Jim Davis and some surprising plot twists which lift this movie from the humdrum. Tucker plays a sheriff who must reluctantly pursue his friend (Davis), after Davis kills a busybody u0026quot;district attorneyu0026quot; in self defense. Mara Corday and Kathleen Crowley provide the eye candy and Hand Worden plays the comic relief in a role similar to that of Walter Brennan in u0026quot;Rio Bravou0026quot;.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eENCOREu0026#39;s WESTERN CHANNEL shows the movie in full screen, which is a shame. Several effective scenes are undercut by the aspect ratio conversion. Still, u0026quot;The Quiet Gunu0026quot; is worth watching, if only to see Lee Van Cleef with a full set of hair. I rate it a u0026quot;6u0026quot;.”