Return of the Gunfighter

For the album by Marty Robbins, see Return of the Gunfighter (album).

Return of the Gunfighter is a 1967 American Western television film directed by James Neilson and starring Robert Taylor, Chad Everett and Ana Martín. Though intended for theatrical release, it was instead shown on television. Old Tucson and Sabino canyon are areas in the film.

Return of the Gunfighter
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Screenplay by	Robert Buckner
Story by	Burt Kennedy Robert Buckner
Directed by	James Neilson
Starring	Robert Taylor Chad Everett Ana Martín
Music by	Hans J. Salter
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Frank King Maurice King Irving Starr
Cinematography	Ellsworth Fredericks
Editor	Richard V. Heermance
Running time	98 minutes
Production company	King Brothers Productions
Original release
Release	January 29, 1967 (1967-01-29)

Plot

In 1878, an old gunslinger Ben Wyatt (Robert Taylor) is released from prison after five years. He meets Lee Sutton (Chad Everett), who is on the run for killing a man in a gunfight. Wyatt finds that his close friends the Domingos have been killed. He takes Sutton, who is weak from being wounded in the gunfight, to find Anisa Domingo (Ana Martin), the daughter of Wyatt's slain friends. Wyatt agrees to let Anisa help him find her parents’ killers.

The three ride toward Lordsburg. Sutton leaves them to go to his family's ranch. He and Anisa say goodbye but hope to see each other again. With Anisa's help, Wyatt finds the men responsible and they are Sutton's brothers. Wyatt kills one in a street gunfight in self-defense.

Lee finds that his older brother, Clay (Lyle Bettger), killed Anisa's parents. Lee leaves the ranch for Lordsburg to free Wyatt, who is in jail for the gunfight. Together, they defeat Clay and his thugs to save Anisa from being killed as the only witness to Clay's murders.

Cast

• Robert Taylor as Ben Wyatt
• Chad Everett as Lee Sutton
• Ana Martín as Anisa
• Mort Mills as Will Parker
• Lyle Bettger as Clay Sutton
• John Davis Chandler as Sundance
• Michael Pate as Frank Boone
• Barry Atwater as Lomax
• John Crawford as Butch Cassidy
• Willis Bouchey as Judge Ellis
• Rodolfo Hoyos, Jr. as Luis Domingo (as Rodolfo Hoyos)
• Boyd 'Red' Morgan as Wid Boone
• Henry Wills as Sam Boone
• Robert Shelton as Cowboy
• Loretta Miller as Dance Hall Girl
• Janell Alden as Dance Hall Girl

See also

• List of American films of 1967

References

The Films of Robert Taylor, by Lawrence J. Quirk

External links

• Return of the Gunfighter at IMDb
• Return of the Gunfighter at AllMovie
• Return of the Gunfighter at the TCM Movie Database