No Name on the Bullet
No Name on the Bullet is a 1959 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Jack Arnold, and starring Audie Murphy, Charles Drake, and Joan Evans. It is one of a handful of pictures in that genre directed by Arnold, better known for his science-fiction movies of the era. Although it is one of Universal Pictures' modestly budgeted vehicles for World War II hero Audie Murphy, the top-billed actor is unusually cast as the villain, a cold-blooded gun-for-hire.
Plot
When hired gun John Gant arrives in Lordsburg, the locals are terrified. The sheriff would like to arrest Gant, but the gunman always kills legally, in "self-defense." While the town speculates on Gant's target, Luke Canfield, a young doctor, greets Gant, unaware of his reputation. After Luke demonstrates his dexterity with a blacksmith's maul, Luke takes Gant on a tour through town. Meanwhile, Luke's fiancée, Anne Benson, tends to her father, an ex-judge who suffers from tuberculosis. Luke and his blacksmith father, Asa, join them for dinner. The sheriff interrupts their meal, however, warning Luke to keep shy of Gant. Later, in another part of town, mine owners Earl Stricker and Thad Pierce assume their partner, Ben Chaffee, has hired Gant to kill them so he can steal their mine. They approach Gant in the town saloon. Upon learning of their meeting, Chaffee assumes his partners are arranging for his death.
More details
| author | Gene L. Coon |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Arizona |
| director | Jack Arnold |
| editor | Frank Gross |
| genre | western |
| keywords | claim clothe fight hired gun hotel bill hunt learn locked in meet old man warn |
| musicBy | Herman Stein |
| producer | Howard Christie Jack Arnold |
| productionCompany | Universal Pictures |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |