Gun for a Coward (1956)

6.0/10 88 min Western

Overview

A young cowboy, whose dedication to the principles of peace and reason has earned him a reputation for cowardice, overcomes his psychological aversion to violence after his elder brother unjustly censures him for not joining in a foolhardy gunfight in which their youngest brother is killed.

Cast

Fred MacMurray

Will Keough

Jeffrey Hunter

Bless Keough

Janice Rule

Aud Niven

Chill Wills

Loving

Dean Stockwell

Hade (Harry) Keough

Josephine Hutchinson

Madame Keough

Betty Lynn

Claire

Iron Eyes Cody

Chief

Robert F. Hoy

Danny

Marjorie Stapp

Rose

John Larch

Stringer

Paul Birch

Andy Niven

Bob Steele

Durkee

Frances Morris

Madame Anderson

Chuck Hayward

Nester (uncredited)

Recommendations

Ramrod
Go West
Forty Guns
Man Without a Star
The Cowboys
Blood on the Moon
Bronco Billy
McLintock!
Hud
The Violent Men
Man in the Shadow
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Left Handed Gun
Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown
Will Penny
The Tall Men
Return of the Gunfighter
The Last Sunset
Broken Lance
El Dorado