The Sundowners (1950 film)

The Sundowners is a 1950 American Technicolor Western film directed by George Templeton, starring Robert Preston and featuring John Drew Barrymore (billed as John Barrymore, Jr.), Robert Sterling, Chill Wills, and Jack Elam. The film is also known as Thunder in the Dust in the United Kingdom.

Plot

A rash of cattle rustling leads to a range war, centered on the disputed grazing rights to a fertile canyon. Hostilities escalate with the arrival of a gunman, who disrupts both sides in the conflict.

Cast

A 1950 film review lists the cast as follows:

• Robert Preston as James Cloud ('Kid Wichita')
• Robert Sterling as Tom Cloud
• John Drew Barrymore (in his film debut) as Jeff Cloud
• Chill Wills as Sam Beers
• Cathy Downs as Kathleen Boyce
• John Litel as John Gall
• Jack Elam as Earl Boyce
• Don Haggerty as Elmer Gall
• Stanley Price as Steve Fletcher
• Clem Fuller as Turkey
• Frank Cordell as Jim Strake
• Dave Kashner as Gill Batson

Soundtrack

• "O'Riley" (Written by Alberto Colombo)

References

External links

• The Sundowners at AllMovie