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      The Man Behind the Gun

      Released Jan 31, 1953 1h 22m Western List
      Reviews 44% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score An Army major (Randolph Scott) goes undercover to stop a plot to make Southern California a separate state. Read More Read Less

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      Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Routine Western elevated by the presence of Randolph Scott. Rated: C Apr 10, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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      deke p 1953! RANDOLPH SCOTT!!! PHILIP ('Granny Goose'/Kappa Sigma)CAREY!! Scott as a schoolteacher, gunslinger, undercover Union Army agent/officer. vs evil CONFEDERATE/slaveholder sympathizers. All in SAN PEDRO, SANTA MONICA area. That's why i gave it 5 stars. Plus see the youtube clip Blazing Saddles + "YOU'D DO IT FOR RANDOLPH SCOTT!" OH, and some very young man playing Scott's ally, JUAQUIN MURRIETA. Oh, and ALAN HALE, bigger, younger, stronger than as the Captain on GILLIGAN'S ISLAND. Never saw it before on the GRIT network Channel 30.3 in SoCal, 3.2021, Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review dave j It opens as it appears Ransome Callicut (Randolph Scott) is just an ordinary civilian wanting to become a teacher arriving from a stagecoach. After saving him and the passengers from a robbery, it then as it turns out that he is really a Yankee major going undercover after suspecting a secret confederate takeover and a selling of rifles. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member standard issue scott western Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Very ordinary western with very familiar two-dimensional characters. The story has a good pace to it, but is ultimately dissapointing. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis An Army major (Randolph Scott) goes undercover to stop a plot to make Southern California a separate state.
      Director
      Felix E. Feist
      Screenwriter
      John Twist
      Distributor
      Warner Bros.
      Production Co
      Warner Bros.
      Genre
      Western
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jan 31, 1953, Wide
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Mar 13, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 22m
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