Young Guns of Texas

Young Guns of Texas
Directed byMaury Dexter
Written byHarry Spalding
(as Henry Cross)
Produced byMaury Dexter
StarringJames Mitchum
Alana Ladd
Jody McCrea
CinematographyJohn M. Nickolaus Jr.
Edited byRichard Einfeld
Music byPaul Sawtell
Bert Shefter
Color processColor by DeLuxe
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • November 1962 (1962-11)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Young Guns of Texas is a 1962 American Western film directed by Maury Dexter and starring James Mitchum, Alana Ladd and Jody McCrea.[1][2] The supporting cast features Chill Wills, Gary Conway and Robert Lowery.

Plot

Tyler Duane (Gary Conway) is expelled from West Point after the Civil War when his brother, a Union officer, is accused of stealing Army funds.

Cast

Production

Filming took place in August 1962 in Big Bend National Park, Texas. Saguaro cacti, seen throughout the film, however, only grow in Arizona, necessitating filming in Tucson, Arizona's old Tucson Studios.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Young Guns of Texas". Internet Movie Database.
  2. ^ YOUNG GUNS OF TEXAS Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 30, Iss. 348, (Jan 1, 1963): 134.
  3. ^ Dexter, Maury (2012). Highway to Hollywood (PDF). p. 113.


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