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Decision at Sundown

Play trailer Poster for Decision at Sundown 1957,  1h 17m,  Western Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 100% 7 Reviews Tomatometer 77% 250+ Ratings Popcornmeter
100% Tomatometer 7 Reviews 77% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
Hell-bent on revenge, flinty gunslinger Bart Allison (Randolph Scott) rides into a sleepy Western town with one goal in mind: to kill local roughneck Tate Kimbrough (John Carroll), who kidnapped his wife years ago. Both men have blood on their hands over the woman's eventual suicide. Allison and Kimbrough, wracked with guilt but boiling over with bloodlust, are set to face off for one final confrontation. Tensions mount as sunset approaches, and the townspeople must choose sides.

Critics Reviews

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Michael J. Casey Michael J. Cinema Nov 1, 2023
3.5/5
A different spin on the formula Budd Boetticher, Harry Joe Brown, and Randolph Scott established and would perfect in movies like "Ride Lonesome" and "Comanche Station." Go to Full Review
Michael Barrett PopMatters Sep 13, 2023
The script explodes the concept of a man fighting for his wife’s honor and perhaps reverses it. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Jul 23, 2023
2.5/4
Although the weakest of the five Ranown Westerns, it still has several virtues. Go to Full Review
Fernando F. Croce CinePassion Jun 7, 2015
Less than 80 minutes but dozens of characterization brushstrokes Go to Full Review
Michael E. Grost Classic Film and Television Feb 1, 2012
Remarkable look at dictatorship, revolt and non-violence in a Western town. Go to Full Review
Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid Nov 6, 2008
It works well enough to get you riled up. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Budd Boetticher

Director

Randolph Scott

Bart Allison

John Carroll

Tate Kimbrough

Karen Steele

Lucy Summerton

Valerie French

Ruby James

Noah Beery Jr.

Sam

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Decision at Sundown

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Movie Info

Synopsis Hell-bent on revenge, flinty gunslinger Bart Allison (Randolph Scott) rides into a sleepy Western town with one goal in mind: to kill local roughneck Tate Kimbrough (John Carroll), who kidnapped his wife years ago. Both men have blood on their hands over the woman's eventual suicide. Allison and Kimbrough, wracked with guilt but boiling over with bloodlust, are set to face off for one final confrontation. Tensions mount as sunset approaches, and the townspeople must choose sides.
Director
Budd Boetticher
Producer
Harry Joe Brown
Screenwriter
Charles Lang
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
Production Co
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 10, 1957, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 20, 2020
Runtime
1h 17m
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