The Forty-Niners (1954)

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Country: USA
Genres: Western
Release: 1954-05-04
Director: Thomas Carr
Writers: Daniel B. Ullman
Language: English
Stars: Bill Elliott , Virginia Grey , Harry Morgan , John Doucette , Lane Bradford , I. Stanford Jolley , Harry Lauter , Earle Hodgins , Dean Cromer , Ralph Sanford
Runtime: 71 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: The Forty-Niners (United States of America) , The Forty-Niners , The Forty-Niners (United Kingdom) , The Forty-Niners (Canada) , Goldräuber von Oklahoma , Cei din 49 (Romania) , Oportunistas em Ação (Brazil) , Золотоискатели , Un killer per lo sceriffo (Italy) , El pistolero desconocido (Spain)
Plot: Behind a narration in the style of Jack Webb on TV's "Dragnet", U.S. Marshal Sam Nelson, posing as Sam Smith, is sent to a gold-boom town in California to learn the identity of three killers. Posing as a gunman and killer, he soon strikes up a friendship with card-sharp Alf Billings after saving him from being lynched when caught cheating in a card game. Billings suggests they become partners as his skill with cards (overlooking the near lynching he just escaped) and Sam's ability with guns should make them a fortune. Sam agrees, hoping that Billings will lead him to the men he is hunting. Billings leads him to Coldwater sheriff William Norris and Ernie Walker, Norris's partner in a saloon and gambling operation, both implicated in the murder case Sam is investigating.
IMDB:tt0122072