Gunslinger is a 1956

1956 in film

The year 1956 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 5 - The Ten Commandments opens in cinemas and becomes one of the most successful and popular movies of all time, currently ranking 5th on the list of all time moneymakers * February 5 - First showing of documentary films by...

 western directed by Roger Corman

Roger Corman

Roger William Corman is an American film producer, director and actor. He has mostly worked on low-budget B movies. Some of Corman's work has an established critical reputation, such as his cycle of films adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, and in 2009 he won an Honorary Academy Award for...

. The film stars John Ireland

John Ireland (actor)

John Benjamin Ireland was an actor and film director.-Biography:Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he was raised in New York City from the age of 18. He started out in minor stage roles on Broadway...

, Beverly Garland

Beverly Garland

Beverly Garland was an American film and television actress, businesswoman, and hotel owner. Garland gained prominence for her role as Fred MacMurray's second wife, "Barbara Harper Douglas", in the 1960s sitcom My Three Sons...

 and Allison Hayes

Allison Hayes

Allison Hayes was an American film and television actress and model.-Early life:Born Mary Jane Hayes in Charleston, West Virginia, Hayes won the title of Miss District of Columbia and represented Washington, DC in the 1949 Miss America pageant...

. The film was shot just outside Kanab, Utah

Kanab, Utah

Kanab is a city in and the county seat of Kane County, Utah, United States. The area was first settled in 1864 and the town was founded in 1870 when ten Mormon families moved into the area. The population was 3,564 at the 2000 census...

, where the set still stands today. The film was later featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000

Mystery Science Theater 3000

Mystery Science Theater 3000 is an American cult television comedy series created by Joel Hodgson and produced by Best Brains, Inc., that ran from 1988 to 1999....

.

Plot

When the sheriff of a small town in the Old West is slain by outlaws, his widow Rose Hood (Garland) takes over as sheriff and cleans up the town. She runs afoul of Erica Page (Hayes), a saloon owner who is buying up cheap land in the hope that a railroad will be built through the town. Page hires Cane Miro (Ireland), a wanted criminal, to kill Hood. However, Miro, who is romantically involved with Page, falls in love with Hood.

Cast

• John Ireland
  John Ireland (actor)
  John Benjamin Ireland was an actor and film director.-Biography:Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he was raised in New York City from the age of 18. He started out in minor stage roles on Broadway...
  
  ...Cane Miro
• Beverly Garland
  Beverly Garland
  Beverly Garland was an American film and television actress, businesswoman, and hotel owner. Garland gained prominence for her role as Fred MacMurray's second wife, "Barbara Harper Douglas", in the 1960s sitcom My Three Sons...
  
  ...Marshal Rose Hood
• Allison Hayes
  Allison Hayes
  Allison Hayes was an American film and television actress and model.-Early life:Born Mary Jane Hayes in Charleston, West Virginia, Hayes won the title of Miss District of Columbia and represented Washington, DC in the 1949 Miss America pageant...
  
  ...Erica Page
• Martin Kingsley...Mayor Gideon Polk
• Jonathan Haze
  Jonathan Haze
  Jonathan Haze is an American actor. He is best known for his work in Roger Corman films, and especially for the black comedy cult classic, The Little Shop of Horrors.-Early years:...
  
  ...Jake Hayes
• Chris Alcaide
  Chris Alcaide
  Christopher "Chris" Alcaide was an American actor particularly known for his role in television westerns. He surfaced to national attention as Deputy Joshua Tate in the 1956 film Gunslinger, co-starring Beverly Garland as a woman marshal.In 2003, Alcaide was among recipients, including the Sons of...
  
  ...Deputy Joshua Tate
• Dick Miller
  Dick Miller
  Richard "Dick" Miller is an American character actor who has appeared in over 100 films, particularly those produced by Roger Corman, and later in films of directors who started their careers with Corman, including James Cameron and Joe Dante, with the distinction of appearing in every film made...
  
  ...Jimmy Tonto
• Bruno VeSota...Zebelon Tabb
• Margaret Campbell
  Margaret Campbell
  Margaret Campbell was an American character actress in silent films.-Career:Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Campbell had been the leading lady of the Bramhall Players and appeared on Broadway in revivals of Hamlet and The Merchant of Venice during the early 1910s...
  
  ...Felicity Polk
• William Schallert
  William Schallert
  William Joseph Schallert is an American actor who has appeared in many films and in such television series as The Smurfs, The Rat Patrol, Gunsmoke, The Patty Duke Show, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, The Waltons, Bonanza, Leave It to Beaver, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Love, American Style, Get...
  
  ...Marshal Scott Hood

Mystery Science Theater 3000 Version

Gunslinger was featured as a fifth season episode of the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000. As boasted by series villain, Dr. Clayton Forrester, this was the series' first western. As with many episodes, Joel Robinson

Joel Robinson

Joel Robinson is a fictional character featured in the American science fiction comedy television series Mystery Science Theater 3000...

 and his robot companions, Crow T. Robot

Crow T. Robot

Crow T. Robot is a fictional character from the American science fiction comedy television series Mystery Science Theater 3000 . Crow is a robot, who, along with others, quips and riffs upon poor-quality B movies.- Overview :...

 and Tom Servo

Tom Servo

Tom Servo is a fictional character from the American science fiction comedy television show Mystery Science Theater 3000 . Tom is one of two wise-cracking, robotic main characters of the show, built by Joel Robinson to act as a companion and help stave off space madness as Joel was forced to watch...

, constantly ragged on many of the mistakes the movie had made.

DVD releases

• The MST3K version of the film was released by Rhino Home Video
  Rhino Entertainment
  Rhino Entertainment Company is an American specialty record label and production company. It is owned by Warner Music Group.-History:Rhino was originally a novelty song and reissue company during the 1970s and 1980s, releasing compilation albums of pop, rock & roll, and rhythm & blues successes...
  
  as part of the Collection, Volume 6 box set.