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    Forty Guns (1957)

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    When it came to playing tough, cynical dames, few actresses could equal Barbara Stanwyck, who hit her peak as Arizona ranch owner Jessica Drummond in this delirious Western from director Sam Fuller.

    The set up is nothing new; Cattle-queen Jessica has the sheriff in her pocket, and her small ‘army’ of 40 gunfighters terrorise the townsfolk until a visiting marshal (Barry Sullivan) restores order.

    Jessica becomes smitten with the new lawman, all the while he has eyes for attractive young female gunsmith, Louvenia Spanger (Eve Brent).

    Stanwyck insisted on doing her own stunts, including being dragged along the ground for a hundred yards behind a horse.

    Jessica Drummond
    Barbara Stanwyck
    Griff Bonell
    Barry Sullivan
    Sheriff Ned Logan
    Dean Jagger
    Brockie Drummond
    John Ericson
    Wes Bonell
    Gene Barry
    Chico Bonell
    Robert Dix
    Louvenia Spanger
    Eve Brent
    Barney Cashman
    Jidge Carroll
    Judge Macy
    Paul Dubov
    Shotgun Spanger
    Gerald Milton
    Rio
    Ziva Rodann
    Marshal John Chisum
    Hank Worden
    Wiley
    Neyle Morrow
    Howard Swain
    Chuck Roberson
    Charlie Savage
    Chuck Hayward
    Chico’s Girlfriend
    Sandy Wirth

    Director
    Sam Fuller

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