Showdown (1963 film)

Showdown
Directed by R.G. Springsteen
Produced by Gordon Kay
Written by Ric Hardman as "Bronson Howitzer"
Starring Audie Murphy
Kathleen Crowley
Charles Drake
Music by Hans J. Salter
Cinematography Ellis W Carter
Edited by Jerome Thoms
Production
company
Universal International
Distributed by Universal International
Release dates
  • May 3, 1963 (1963-05-03) (United States)
Running time
79 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $500,000[1]

Showdown is a 1963 Western film directed by R.G. Springsteen starring Audie Murphy, Kathleen Crowley and Charles Drake. It was originally known as The Iron Collar.[2]

Plot

Two cowboys, Chris Foster and Bert Pickett, go into town. Ben gets in a fight after getting drunk and he and Chris are put in iron collars, chained to a killer, LaValle. They manage to escape but La Valle wants them to rob a bank.

Cast

Production

It was shot in black and white to save money which infuriated Murphy but he still made the movie. Producer Gordon Kay says it earned no less than other Murphy films of the period.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Don Graham, No Name on the Bullet: The Biography of Audie Murphy, Penguin, 1989 p 296
  2. Showdown at Audie Murphy Memorial Site


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