Product Details

• Actors: Robert Mitchum, Jan Sterling, Karen Sharpe, Henry Hull, Emile Meyer
• Directors: Richard Wilson
• Writers: Richard Wilson, N.B. Stone Jr.
• Producers: Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• VHS Release Date: September 15, 1998
• Run Time: 83 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 079283917X
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #238,433 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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58 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A major Mitchum masterpiece., August 15, 2001

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darragh o'donoghue - See all my reviews

This review is from: Man With the Gun [VHS] (VHS Tape)

There should be a sub-genre in the Western called 'the Robert Mitchum Western'. Mitchum's brilliant, idiosyncratic, usually undervalued Westerns import his film noir persona to etch some compellingly dark character studies, and bring an elegiac world-weariness prefiguring the films of Sam Peckinpah. 'Man with the gun' is one of his best. Directed by Orson Welles protege Richard Wison, it is a stark, monochrome beauty, full of chilling silhouettes and terrifying outbursts of savage violence, as Mitchum comes to tame a town terrorised by a monopolist with a private army. Mitchum's regression from soft-spoken stranger to deranged murderer, with a host of dark emotions in between, is a marvel of expressive, physical acting.

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mitchum's Best Western, February 7, 2005

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Terence Allen (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Man With the Gun [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Robert Mitchum was definitely in his element making Westerns, and this is his best work in this genre. In Man With The Gun, he plays Clint Tollinger, a town tamer (a gunfighter who is hired by townspeople to drive out, or in most cases, kill off the bad element to clean up the town) who happens into a town desperately in need of his services. He's there to see his ex-wife, trying to find out how their little girl is doing. He's hired by the town to clean up, but his relationship with his wife complicates his job, and revelations impair his judgment. Mitchum is outstanding, with great support from the likes of Jan Sterling, Ted de Corsia, Leo Gordon, and Claude Akins. If you're a fan of westerns and/or Robert Mitchum, this film is a must-see.

21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mitchum's Best Western, March 12, 2008

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Terence Allen (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Man with the Gun (DVD)

Robert Mitchum was definitely in his element making Westerns, and this is his best work in this genre. In Man With The Gun, he plays Clint Tollinger, a town tamer (a gunfighter who is hired by townspeople to drive out, or in most cases, kill off the bad element to clean up the town) who happens into a town desperately in need of his services. He's there to see his ex-wife, trying to find out how their little girl is doing. He's hired by the town to clean up, but his relationship with his wife complicates his job, and revelations impair his judgment. Mitchum is outstanding, with great support from the likes of Jan Sterling, Ted de Corsia, Leo Gordon, and Claude Akins. If you're a fan of westerns and/or Robert Mitchum, this film is a must-see.