The Sundowners is a 1950 American Technicolor Western film directed by George Templeton, starring Robert Preston and featuring John Drew Barrymore (billed as John Barrymore, Jr.), Robert Sterling, Chill Wills, and Jack Elam.[1] The film is also known as Thunder in the Dust in the United Kingdom.
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Directed by | George Templeton |
Written by | Alan Le May |
Based on | Thunder in the Dust 1934 novel by Alan Le May |
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Cinematography | Winton C. Hoch |
Edited by | Jack Ogilvie |
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Production company | Le May-Templeton Pictures |
Distributed by | Eagle-Lion Films |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
A rash of cattle rustling leads to a range war, centered on the disputed grazing rights to a fertile canyon. Hostilities escalate with the arrival of a gunman, who disrupts both sides in the conflict.
A 1950 film review[2] lists the cast as follows: