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Directed by | Andre de Toth |
Screenplay by | Kenneth Gamet |
Based on | "Yankee Gold" 1953 story by John W. Cunningham |
Produced by | Harry Joe Brown |
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Cinematography | Lester White |
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Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | Scott-Brown Productions |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Stranger Wore a Gun is a 1953 American Western film directed by Andre de Toth and starring Randolph Scott and Claire Trevor.[1] Based on the short story "Yankee Gold" by John W. Cunningham, the film is about a war criminal wanted for the slaughter of women and children who moves to Arizona to join a gold robbery but reconsiders and decides to change his life. The film is one of the first 3-D western movies; it earned an estimated $1.6 million at the North American box office in 1953.[2] The supporting cast includes Joan Weldon, George Macready, Alfonso Bedoya, Lee Marvin, and Ernest Borgnine.