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Gunman's Walk

Phil Karlson / US, 1958 / 95 min.

Classic from Columbia Pictures, which recently celebrated its centenary. About the conflict between a rancher and his hot-headed son. Director Phil Karlson expresses reservations about the violent morality of the Wild West: “If you put a gun in a man’s hand, he will use it.”

poster Gunman's Walk (Phil Karlson, US 1958)
One of the big surprises in the sweeping retrospective ‘The Lady With The Torch: Columbia Pictures 1929-1959’, organised by the Locarno film festival in 2024, is Phil Karlson’s B-western Gunman’s Walk.

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Director

Phil Karlson

Production year

1958

Country

US

Original title

Gunman's Walk

Length

95 min.

Language

English

Subtitles

NONE

Format

DCP

Part of

The Lady with the Torch

Legendary Hollywood studio Columbia Pictures is celebrating its centenary, and we’re marking the occasion with a rich programme on the company’s glory days. The films, including rediscoveries and surprising, seldom-seen B movies, show that art and commerce need not be mutually exclusive.

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