Decision at Sundown

Decision at Sundown
Directed by	Budd Boetticher
Written by	Charles G. Lang (screenplay)
Produced by	Harry Joe Brown
Starring	Randolph Scott John Carroll Karen Steele
Cinematography	Burnett Guffey
Edited by	Al Clark
Music by	Heinz Roemheld
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	November 10, 1957
Running time	77 mins.
Country	United States
Language	English

Decision at Sundown is a 1957 Technicolor western directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Randolph Scott. It is one of seven Boetticher/Scott western collaborations, including Seven Men from Now, The Tall T, Buchanan Rides Alone, Westbound, Ride Lonesome and Comanche Station.

Teaser

Bart Allison (Randolph Scott) rides into a sleepy town named Sundown with the intention of killing local boss Tate Kimbrough (John Carroll) by sundown.

Some years earlier, Kimbrough had an affair with Allison’s wife, who later committed suicide. Tensions build as sundown approaches, not just between Allison and Kimbrough, but among the townspeople as well.

Cast

• Randolph Scott as Bart Allison
• John Carroll as Tate Kimbrough
• Karen Steele as Lucy Summerton
• Valerie French as Ruby James
• Noah Beery Jr. as Sam
• John Archer as Dr. John Storrow
• Andrew Duggan as Sheriff Swede Hansen
• James Westerfield as Otis, the bartender
• John Litel as Charles Summerton
• Ray Teal as Morley Chase
• Vaughn Taylor as Mr. Baldwin, the barber
• Richard Deacon as Reverend Zaron
• H. M. Wynant as Deputy Spanish

DVD release

In 2008 a DVD box set of five Budd Boetticher films starring Randolph Scott was released. Along with Decision at Sundown the set includes Buchanan Rides Alone, Comanche Station, Ride Lonesome, and The Tall T.

See also

• List of American films of 1957

External links

• Decision at Sundown at IMDb
• Randolph Scott at IMDb
• Decision at Sundown at AllMovie
• Decision at Sundown at the TCM Movie Database
• Decision at Sundown at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films