Terror in a Texas Town | |
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Directed by | Joseph Lewis |
Produced by | John Seltzer |
Written by | Dalton Trumbo |
Starring | Sterling Hayden Sebastian Cabot Carol Kelly Eugene Mazolla Nedrick Young Victor Millan |
Music by | George Brand |
Cinematography | Russell Harlan |
Editing by | Stefan Arnsten |
Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Terror in a Texas Town is a 1958 American Western film, directed by Joseph Lewis. The script was written by Dalton Trumbo, but due to Trumbo's status on the Hollywood Blacklist, Ben Perry initially received screenwriting credit.
It stars Sterling Hayden, Sebastian Cabot, and Carol Kelly, with Eugene Mazolla, Nedrick Young, and Victor Millan costarring. Sheb Wooley plays Baxter.
Plot
The wealthy McNeil wants to control Prairie City and the land around it. He tries to burn out small ranchers and then hires gunfighter Johnny Crale to run them off.
Sven Hansen learns from neighbor Jose Mirada that there is oil on his land. Sven stands up to Crale, his only weapon a harpoon from his past as a whaling fisherman, and Crale shoots him dead.
The dead man's son, George Hansen, arrives in town and finds out that his father has died, but isn't sure how. The sheriff is in McNeil's pocket and unwilling to help. George tries talking to Molly, the wife of Crale, but ends up beaten unconscious and dumped on a train leaving town.
Mirada is the next one gunned down by Crale, but his courage impresses the killer, who in a fit of rage shoots McNeil, the man who hired him. George Hansen returns to town for a showdown and is wounded before getting the better of Crale with his father's harpoon.
Cast
- Sterling Hayden as George Hansen
- Sebastian Cabot as McNeil
- Nedrick Young as Crale
- Victor Millan as Mirada
- Carol Kelly as Molly
External links
- Terror in a Texas Town at the Internet Movie Database
- Terror in a Texas Town at the TCM Movie Database
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