Five Guns West

About this episode

Jeff and Cheryl discuss the 1955 film Five Guns West, exploring its screenplay, production, and cast.

Five Guns West (1955) Jeff and Cheryl head out west, or maybe north, with a quintet of pardoned criminals on a mission in Five Guns West. Screenplay by R. Wright Campbell Produced and Directed by Roger Corman Starring: John Lund as Govern Sturges Dorothy Malone as Shalee Touch Conners as Hale Clinton Bob Campbell as John Morgan Candy Jonothon Haze as Wiliam "Billy" Parcell Candy Paul Birch as J. C. Haggard James Stone as Uncle Mime Jack Ingram as Stephen Jethro Larry Thor as Confederate Captain James B. Sikking as Union Sergeant (uncredited) A Palo Alto Production Distributed by American Releasing Corp. View the Five Guns West trailer here . Stream Five Guns West on Tubi, Plex, Prime Video, or the Roku Channel. Visit our website - https://aippod.com/ and follow the American International Podcast on Letterboxd, Instagram and Threads @aip_pod and on Facebook at facebook.com/AmericanInternationalPodcast Get your American International Podcast merchandise at our store . Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jeff Markin, Cheryl Lightfoot

Topics covered

• film review
• Western genre
• 1950s cinema
• Roger Corman
• screenplay analysis

Keywords

• Five Guns West
• Roger Corman
• film review
• 1955 movie
• Western film

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: American Releasing Corp., A Palo Alto Production, American International Podcast

Books & works: Five Guns West

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