George Montgomery

Ann Robinson

Steve Brodie

Bobby Clark

Frank Ferguson

Don 'Red' Barry

Denver Pyle

Mary Treen

Al Wyatt Sr.

Boyd 'Red' Morgan

Joe Yrigoyen

Henry Rowland

Roy Barcroft

Fred Carson

Chick Hannan

Clyde Howdy

George Huggins

Earl Parker

Syd Saylor

George Sowards

William Tannen

Sidney Salkow

Paul Sawtell

Ralph E. Black

George Rutter

Al Overton Sr.

Robert E. Kent

Al Bonner

Einar Bourman

Maury Gertsman

Bert Shefter

Robert Golden

Max Frankel

Herman N. Schoenbrun

Louis Stevens

Bill Ross

Western

Gun Duel In Durango

Robert E. Kent Productions

Peerless Productions

United States of America

You are either with us or you are dead!

Gun Duel in Durango is directed by Sidney Salkow and written by Louis Stevens. It stars George Montgomery, Ann Robinson, Steve Brodie, Bobby Clark, Frank Ferguson, Don Barry, Henry Rowland and Denver Pyle. Music is by Paul Sawtell and Berts Shefter and cinematography by Maury Gertsman.

Standard 50s Oater as per formulaic story, but it's spiritedly played and it's not without emotional hefts. Story has Montgomery as Will Sabre, who has had enough of the outlaw life and quits the gang that are titled in his name. Only the gang wont let him quit and he has 30 days to change his mind or else! Not good since under an alias he's landed a nice job in Durango, become a surrogate father to an orphan, and if he can stay straight he'll get the hand of his honey, Judy (Robinson).

It starts with a callous murder and from there we are in no doubt that the one time Sabre Gang, now the Dunsten (Brodie) Gang, are bad dudes and Will Sabre (alias Dan) has his hands full from a number of angles. It's the various active threads that keep the pic from falling into mediocre hell, with Montgomery finding believable chemistry with both Robinson and young Clark. Action scenes are well staged, the Simi Valley and Chatsworth locales are nicely present and Gertsman's crisp black and white photography is most pleasant. No surprises in store but this is above average and better than the plot would suggest. 6.5/10

English