In Medicine Bend, a crooked businessman has the town mayor and sheriff in his pocket while his henchmen raid the wagon trains passing through the region.In Medicine Bend, a crooked businessman has the town mayor and sheriff in his pocket while his henchmen raid the wagon trains passing through the region.In Medicine Bend, a crooked businessman has the town mayor and sheriff in his pocket while his henchmen raid the wagon trains passing through the region.
Harry Harvey
- Elam King
- (as Harry Harvey Sr.)
George Bell
- Tinker
- (uncredited)
Richard Bellis
- David Devlin
- (uncredited)
Marjorie Bennett
- Shore Customer
- (uncredited)
Arthur Berkeley
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Lane Bradford
- Stone
- (uncredited)
Marshall Bradford
- Mr. Porter
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe Indian attack sequence had to be re-written to accommodate James Garner's limp after he sprained his right ankle during shooting.
- GoofsWhen Nell talks to John and Wilbur through the bars at their prison cell's window, as seen from the inside shot there is a wooden wall to her left beside the window. However, in exterior shots of her the wall is not present - an example of a studio shot vs. a location shot situation.
- SoundtracksKiss Me Quick
Music by Ray Heindorf
Lyrics by Wayne Shanklin
Performed by Dani Crayne (uncredited)
[Nell sings the song in the saloon as her floor show]
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No better business bureau here
In Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend Randolph Scott is cast as a recently mustered out army captain who arrives just in time to atop an Indian raid, but too late to save his brother.
As he sees it the Indians were just doing their thing, but he wants to find out who sold his brother and the other settlers of the community they're building the defective ammunition that left them helpless. The trail leads Scott and his two sidekicks James Garner and Gordon Jones to the town of Medicine Bend.
If ever a town needed a better business bureau it was Medicine Bend. The place is run by James Craig, Myron Healey, and assorted thugs they've hired. They have Mayor Don Beddoe and Sheriff Trevor Bardette intimidated. Usually villains like Craig are usually running a crooked saloon and he does that as well. But Craig has all kinds of interests and he undersells the other merchants with shoddy quality merchandise like the defective ammunition he sold Scott's brother. Honest people like Harry Harvey and daughter Angie Dickinson are being driven out of business through his cut rate 'bargains' and intimidation.
The title lives up to its name, there is a dandy shootout. I liked the film for the fact it has an unusual villain in the form of a merchant. Unusual for westerns that is. Craig's practices are rather up to date when you think about it.
For some reason this film is not out. That's a pity because it's not the greatest of Randolph Scott westerns, but pretty good.
As he sees it the Indians were just doing their thing, but he wants to find out who sold his brother and the other settlers of the community they're building the defective ammunition that left them helpless. The trail leads Scott and his two sidekicks James Garner and Gordon Jones to the town of Medicine Bend.
If ever a town needed a better business bureau it was Medicine Bend. The place is run by James Craig, Myron Healey, and assorted thugs they've hired. They have Mayor Don Beddoe and Sheriff Trevor Bardette intimidated. Usually villains like Craig are usually running a crooked saloon and he does that as well. But Craig has all kinds of interests and he undersells the other merchants with shoddy quality merchandise like the defective ammunition he sold Scott's brother. Honest people like Harry Harvey and daughter Angie Dickinson are being driven out of business through his cut rate 'bargains' and intimidation.
The title lives up to its name, there is a dandy shootout. I liked the film for the fact it has an unusual villain in the form of a merchant. Unusual for westerns that is. Craig's practices are rather up to date when you think about it.
For some reason this film is not out. That's a pity because it's not the greatest of Randolph Scott westerns, but pretty good.
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By what name was Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957) officially released in India in English?
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