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The Gun That Won the West(1955)
Status: Released
Date: 1955-09-01
40%
5 Votes
Time: 1h 11m
When a new kind of weapon wrote history in the Old West!
Overview:
In the late 1880s, Colonel Carrington and his command are assigned the job of constructing a chain of forts in the Sious Indian territory of Wyoming. Carrington recruits former cavalry scouts Jim Bridger and "Dakota Jack" Gaines to lead the project. Bridger and Gaines are friendly with Sioux chief Red Cloud, and they feel a peace treaty with the Indians can be made. If an Indian-war breaks out, the cavalry is depending on getting a new type of Springfield rifle. Bridger, Gaines and Gaines wife, Maxine, arrive at the fort for the conference. Gaines, in a drunken fit, tries to intimidate the Indians unto signing a treaty. Chied Red Fox threatens war if his territory is invaded by any troops building forts.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Clover Productions
Movie: The Gun That Won the West
Top 10 Billed Cast
Dennis Morgan
Jim Bridger
Paula Raymond
Mrs. Max Gaines
Richard Denning
'Dakota' Jack Gaines
Robert Bice
Chief Red Cloud
Roy Gordon
Colonel Carrington
Victor Adamson
Soldier
Richard H. Cutting
Edwin M. Stanton
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Overview
In the late 1880s, Colonel Carrington and his command are assigned the job of constructing a chain of forts in the Sious Indian territory of Wyoming. Carrington recruits former cavalry scouts Jim Bridger and "Dakota Jack" Gaines to lead the project. Bridger and Gaines are friendly with Sioux chief Red Cloud, and they feel a peace treaty with the Indians can be made. If an Indian-war breaks out, the cavalry is depending on getting a new type of Springfield rifle. Bridger, Gaines and Gaines wife, Maxine, arrive at the fort for the conference. Gaines, in a drunken fit, tries to intimidate the Indians unto signing a treaty. Chied Red Fox threatens war if his territory is invaded by any troops building forts.
Release Date
1955-09-01
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4
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When a new kind of weapon wrote history in the Old West!
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