Star in the Dust
Jun 13, 1956 | IMDB 5.1
80 min Watch NowWestern
The sheriff of Gunlock is planning to hang Sam Hall, who shot three farmers found on cattle land, at sundown. At the casino, betting is 8 to 3 he won't make it. The cattlemen are set to rescue Sam; the farmers hope to lynch him before he can be rescued; and Hall schemes for escape with his girl Nellie. But Sheriff Jorden is most concerned with finding out who hired Hall: a leading suspect is the sheriff's future brother-in-law.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
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The Rare Breed
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No Country for Old Men
Carry On Cowboy
Rio Bravo
Thunder in the Desert
Cornered
The Magnificent Seven
The Cherokee Flash
Open Range
Unforgiven
Ghosts of Red Ridge
The Last Ride to Santa Cruz
Come On, Tarzan
The Far Country
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Frontier Law
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IMDB 6 | May , 1946
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