Seven Ways from Sundown

Seven Ways from Sundown is a 1960 American Western film directed by Harry Keller and starring Audie Murphy and Barry Sullivan. It is based on the novel of the same name by Clair Huffaker, who also wrote the script. Young cast member Teddy Rooney is the son of actors Mickey Rooney and Martha Vickers.[2]

Seven Ways from Sundown
Directed byHarry Keller
Produced byGordon Kay
Written byClair Huffaker (novel)
Story byClair Huffaker
StarringAudie Murphy
Barry Sullivan
Music byIrving Gertz
William Lava
CinematographyEllis W. Carter
Edited byTony Martinelli
Color processEastmancolor
Production
company
Universal Pictures
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • September 25, 1960 (1960-09-25)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$500,000[1]

Seven Jones (Murphy) is a young Texas Ranger on his first assignment, ordered to bring in outlaw Jim Flood (Sullivan), a legendary gunslinger who is something of a Western folk hero. Despite his inexperience, Jones manages to capture the outlaw, but he soon finds that transporting him to prison will not be easy. Flood, though easygoing in his manner, warns Jones that he will never be locked up again. Along the way, several people for various reasons want to kill the young ranger. And while some want to free the outlaw, others are gunning for him. As the ranger and his prisoner make their dangerous journey, they occasionally have to work together to survive. They form a grudging respect for each other, almost a friendship, but they know that in the end they are on opposite sides of the law.

Cast

Production

The film was originally directed by George Sherman. Parts of the film were shot in St. George, Utah.[3] During filming in the studio, shortly after the unit had returned from location work outside Las Vegas, Sherman and Audie Murphy had an argument over a line reading, which resulted in Murphy pushing Sherman over and threatening to kill him. Sherman left the project and was replaced for the remainder of the shoot by Harry Keller. Murphy started an affair with co-star Venetia Stevenson, which lasted for a year.[1]

See also

References
  1. Don Graham, No Name on the Bullet: The Biography of Audie Murphy, Penguin, 1989 p 291-292, 299
  2. Seven Ways from Sundown at Audie Murphy Memorial Site
  3. D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.


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