After two desperadoes take a town hostage, former bad boy Johnny Concho, brother of a notorious gunfighter, must find the courage to save it.After two desperadoes take a town hostage, former bad boy Johnny Concho, brother of a notorious gunfighter, must find the courage to save it.After two desperadoes take a town hostage, former bad boy Johnny Concho, brother of a notorious gunfighter, must find the courage to save it.
- Pearson
- (as Wilfred Knapp)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe role of "Mary Dark" was originally to have been played by Gloria Vanderbilt, but she was replaced by Phyllis Kirk.
- Quotes
Sheriff Henderson: I've been expecting you, Johnny.
Johnny Concho: They wanna see me killed.
Sheriff Henderson: Yeah, I know.
Johnny Concho: They took my saddle and my horse. Everything I own. They stripped me clean.
Sheriff Henderson: Have you decided what you're gonna do?
Johnny Concho: You don't seem to understand; they took everything I had.
Johnny Concho: You went looking for someone to do your job for you. They went looking for what belonged to them.
Johnny Concho: There must be somebody in this town. I remember when Red was alive, everybody said what a great guy he was. Now that he's dead, they act like they never even heard of him.
Sheriff Henderson: You know, Johnny, it isn't often you get the chance to meet the man who killed your own brother.
Johnny Concho: What am I supposed to do? He's a professional killer. That's his business. I wouldn't stand a chance against him.
Sheriff Henderson: No, not much. It's gettin' darker.
Johnny Concho: Is that all you've got to say?
Sheriff Henderson: Well, to tell the truth, Johnny, you got so little time left, I don't figure you oughta waste it talking.
Johnny Concho: I can't outdraw a gunslinger. I'd get killed.
Sheriff Henderson: Most likely.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hollywood and the Stars: They Went That-a-way (1963)
The story is uninspired and really not credible. I don't want to spoil it but I think the ending and how the townspeople react in this story doesn't make any sense. Another thing, these people constantly allow themselves to be completely lorded over by some 'bad guy'. This is just a little town, so I don't get the attraction nor do I understand why the people would let themselves be dominated that way.
There is a 'love interest' in the story and if I followed it right, she was upset when the main character refused to admit who he was so some other bad guy wouldn't kill him. Now there's true love for you. 'Stand up for yourself! Tell him your name so he will kill you!' LOL. Stop, you're killing me.
Unfortunately the basic premise of the movie isn't good enough and no matter how they tried this story didn't have a logical path to follow other than into the wastebasket. Want to know why it's not on video and never shown on TV? The critics apparently panned it in 1956 and they were right - this movie is pretty bad. I would almost bet Sinatra paid someone to deep six the thing as much as possible.
You want to see a good Western where a town stands up against a bad guy? Try Tension at Table Rock, or At Gunpoint - two really, really good Westerns with that theme. Johnny Concho is Johnny Stinko. Frank, you were the greatest singer ever - and you didn't deserve to end up in a movie like this. I'm a huge fan of Westerns, I know good ones from bad, and people, this one is bad.
- rooster_davis
- Jul 24, 2008
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Johnny Concho - Der Bruder des Banditen
- Filming locations
- Production company
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,900,000
- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1