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«Last Train from Gun Hill»

Last Train from Gun Hill is a 1959 Western by action director John Sturges. It stars Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn, Carolyn Jones and Earl Holliman. Douglas and Holliman had previously appeared together in Sturges' Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, which also used much of the same crew. The script is by James Poe, based on a story by Les Crutchfield. The film combines elements of 3:10 to Yuma and Sturges' Bad Day at Black Rock.

Two old friends, Matt Morgan (Douglas) and Craig Belden (Quinn), now find themselves on opposite sides of the law. Belden is a rich cattle baron and de facto ruler of the town of Gun Hill, while Morgan is a marshal living with his Native American wife (played by Ziva Rodann) and young son.

When Morgan's wife is raped and murdered, he sets off to find the killer. His one clue is a saddle that he recognizes as belonging to Belden. Assuming it was stolen from his old friend, Morgan travels to Gun Hill to pick up the trail, but once there he quickly realizes that Belden's son Rick (Holliman) is the killer.

Belden refuses to turn over his son, forcing Morgan to go against the entire town. He vows to capture Rick and get him on that night's last train from Gun Hill.

Rick is taken prisoner and held at the hotel. Belden sends men to rescue his son, but Morgan manages to defeat them. In the meantime, Belden's former lover (Jones) decides to help Morgan. She sneaks a shotgun to his hotel room. Morgan presses the gun to Rick's head on the way to the train depot, threatening to pull the trigger if anyone attempts to stop him. One of Belden's men does exactly that and Rick is killed. As the train prepares to leave, a devastated Belden confronts Morgan in a final showdown. He is gunned down.

Guinea, 2001, «Last Train from Gun Hill»