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Showdown at Boot Hill

1958 · 71 min

A slow-burning, claustrophobic western that simmers with small-town resentment and moral ambiguity.

Tagline
A weapon in his hand made him Big....Powerful !
Overview
Bounty hunter Luke Welsh arrives looking for a wanted man. When that man draws on him he has to kill him. To collect his reward he needs a statement identifying him. But the man was well liked in town and no one will sign such a statement. When he outdraws another man who thought he was faster, some townsmen decide he should be killed and they organize a mob to go after him.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • isolation
  • guilt
  • redemption
  • love
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
western
Directed by
Gene Fowler Jr.
Written by
Louis Vittes
Starring
Charles Bronson, John Carradine, Carole Mathews, Robert Hutton, Fintan Meyler, Thomas Browne Henry, Paul Maxey, George Douglas
Cinematography
John M. Nickolaus Jr.
Runtime
71 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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