The Man Behind the Gun

1953
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1h 22m

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Randolph Scott and Patrice Wymore in The Man Behind the Gun (1953)

An undercover government agent battles insurrectionists whose want Southern California to secede and become a slave state.An undercover government agent battles insurrectionists whose want Southern California to secede and become a slave state.An undercover government agent battles insurrectionists whose want Southern California to secede and become a slave state.

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Randolph Scott

Major Ransome Callicut

Patrice Wymore

Lora Roberts

Dick Wesson

Sgt. 'Monk' Walker

Philip Carey

Capt. Roy Giles

Lina Romay

Chona Degnon

Roy Roberts

Sen. Mark Sheldon

Morris Ankrum

Bram Creegan

Katherine Warren

Phoebe Sheldon
(as Katharine Warren)

Alan Hale Jr.

Cpl. Olaf Swenson

Douglas Fowley

Buckley

Anthony Caruso

Vic Sutro
(as Tony Caruso)

Clancy Cooper

'Kansas' Collins

Robert Cabal

Joaquin Murietta

Nestor Amaral

Musician
(uncredited)

Emile Avery

Henchman
(uncredited)

Trevor Bardette

Sheldon's Henchman at Hideout
(uncredited)

Gregg Barton

Henchman Luke
(uncredited)

George Bell

Trooper
(uncredited)

Director
- Felix E. Feist
Writers
- John Twist
- Robert Buckner
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Trivia
The scene where Randolph Scott (Callicut) is chasing Roy Roberts (Sheldon) and jumps onto Sheldon's horse, and the white horse carrying the two men runs off the end of a damaged bridge and falls head first into a river, was actually a scene from the WB film San Antonio (1945).

Goofs
The film is set in 1850s. Most, if not all, of the firearms employed in the film post-date the American Civil War (1861-1865). Examples include Colt Single-Action Army revolvers and various lever-action rifles that first appear in the 1870s.

Quotes
Major Ransome Callicut: [as voiceover narrator] Los Angeles - thirty difficult miles from San Pedro. Here in the tropical sun it was hard to believe that the City of Angels had its share of unholy activities.

Connections
Features San Antonio (1945)

Soundtracks
Some Sunday Morning
(uncredited)
Music by M.K. Jerome and Ray Heindorf
Lyrics by Ted Koehler

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5/10

L.A. Confidential

Supposed killer and Army deserter Randolph Scott heads to Los Angeles sometime before the Civil War. Posing as a schoolteacher who can't shoot straight, he gets knee-deep in some intrigue involving a group of separatists, the assassination of a US senator, and their attempts to split California into free and slave states.

Costumes and sets are lavish and there's lots of great old-California atmosphere. However, The Man Behind The Gun is disappointingly routine. It's really too bad, because this is really one handsome production!

The actors are game and some of their characters are quite colorful. The filmmakers should have pumped a little more action and suspense into the script, or trimmed the final product to about an hour.