Young Guns of Texas

1962 film by Maury Dexter

  • November 1962 (1962-11)
Running time
78 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Young Guns of Texas is a 1962 American Western film directed by Maury Dexter and starring James Mitchum, Alana Ladd and Jody McCrea.[1][2] The supporting cast features Chill Wills, Gary Conway and Robert Lowery.

Plot

Tyler Duane (Gary Conway) is expelled from West Point after the Civil War when his brother, a Union officer, is accused of stealing Army funds.

Cast

  • James Mitchum as Morgan Coe
  • Alana Ladd as Lily Glendenning
  • Jody McCrea as Jeff Shelby
  • Chill Wills as Preacher Sam Shelby
  • Gary Conway as Tyler Duane
  • Barbara Mansell as Martha Jane Canary
  • Robert Lowery as Jesse Glendenning
  • Troy Melton as Luke
  • Fred Krone as Pike - Glendenning's Foreman
  • Alex Sharp as Red
  • Robert Hinkle as Sheriff Simon
  • Will Wills as Charlie

Production

Filming took place in August 1962 in Big Bend National Park, Texas. Saguaro cacti, seen throughout the film, however, only grow in Arizona, necessitating filming in Tucson, Arizona's old Tucson Studios.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Young Guns of Texas". Internet Movie Database.
  2. ^ YOUNG GUNS OF TEXAS Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 30, Iss. 348, (Jan 1, 1963): 134.
  3. ^ Dexter, Maury (2012). Highway to Hollywood (PDF). p. 113.
  • Young Guns of Texas at IMDb
  • Young Guns of Texas at AllMovie
  • Young Guns of Texas at the TCM Movie Database
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