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Watch: Decision at Sundown 1957 123movies, Full Movie Online – Bart Allison arrives in Sundown planning to kill Tate Kimbrough. Three years earlier he believed Kimbrough was responsible for the death of his wife. He finds Kimbrough and warns him he is going to kill him but gets pinned down in the livery stable with his friend Sam by Kimbrough’s stooge Sheriff and his men. When Sam is shot in the back after being told he could leave safely, some of the townsmen change sides and disarm the Sheriff’s men forcing him to face Allison alone. Taking care of the Sheriff, Allison injures his gun hand and must now face Kimbrough left-handed..
Plot: Bart Allison arrives in Sundown after a three year search for Tate Kimbrough. Although it is Kimbrough’s wedding day, Allison makes it clear he blames him for the death of his wife and is out to kill him. A shoot-out in the church puts the wedding on hold and Allison and his trail-buddy hole up in the livery stable. But the reasons for his actions become increasingly unclear, while the town starts to wonder about the grip Kimbrough has over them.
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They wont forget the day Bart Allison came to town.

Bart Allison and Sam, his trusty companion, ride into Sundown looking for a guy named Tate Kimbrough. It appears that Kimbrough had a dalliance with Allison’s wife some years earlier, an affair that led to the suicide of the erstwhile Mrs. Allison. With revenge and hatred eating away at him, Allison will not rest until he gets his man, but his very being here in Sundown will be the catalyst for not only himself, but also every other resident of this dusky town.

Randolph Scott (Bart Allison) and director Budd Boetticher made seven very interesting and intelligent Westerns together, each man seemingly using each one as a muse of sorts. This particular entry on their wonderful resumes is a fine testament to their winning formula, for Decision At Sundown offers up something different outside of your standard Western fare. The plot structure is for sure very basic, the man out for revenge, and the town in the grip of less than honourable men, but here our main protagonist really isn’t thinking with his head. He is driven by rage and an affair of the heart, he in fact doesn’t care if he lives or dies, just as long as he gets his man! Also of interest is the effect on the town of Sundown that Allison has, it certainly lent me to think about some so called supernatural Westerns that would surface later on down the line, whilst the ending here doesn’t resort to any sort of cop out formula, it’s poignant and begs for a further train of thought.

Scott is first rate as Allison, grey hair personifying the wisdom that he has lost due to his blind thirst for revenge, he has a devilment glint that’s evident in both of his eyes. Scott does an excellent line in rage and grief stricken acting, further cementing his reputation as a wonderful actor in the splendid Western filmic sphere. Backing Scott up is Noah Beery Jr (Sam) and John Archer as Dr. John Storrow, but of the rest of the cast I personally couldn’t lend too much praise for, with the main negative of note being that the villains of the piece barely get out of grumpy only territory. John Carroll (Kimbrough) and Andrew Duggan as crooked Sheriff Swede Hansen really should have gone for a more twirling moustache type villainy than the underplayed ones that we actually get.

But underplayed villains be damned, this is still a hugely enjoyable picture, and one that definitely holds up on a repeat viewing whilst solidifying the top end genre status of Boetticher and Scott as a pairing. 7/10

***Quaint town-bound Western soap opera with Randolph Scott***

Two ex-Confederates (Randolph Scott & Noah Beery Jr.) arrive in the town of Sundown on the wedding day of the town boss (John Carroll), whom the leader of the two (Scott) blames for someone’s death years earlier. Andrew Duggan plays the crooked sheriff.

“Decision at Sundown” (1957) has the typical Western tropes: bold stranger, his amiable sidekick, the tyrannical town boss, his crooked sheriff, their hired guns, the good girl, the bad girl, and the quaint town setting filled with the typical characters (the barber, the doctor, the minister, etc.). All of these are routine for traditional Westerns.

What sets “Decision at Sundown” apart are the interesting nuances of the protagonist and antagonist. The villain is the standard town kingpin with his bought sheriff & gunmen that overwhelm the town folk. The hero is the stock laconic outsider who rides in on a duty of vengeance.

The modification is the character of the hero and villain. Bart Allison (Scott) is noble on the surface, but he’s a curious and flawed protagonist. He lacks insight to his wife’s character. What happens to her while Bart is fighting the war is revealing and begs the question: What kind of husband was he? His legalism might attract respect superficially, but repel those closer.

Tate Kimbrough (Carroll) is the ruthless town boss, but he has undeniable charisma and is a lady’s man. He has an open relationship with a courtesan, Ruby (Valerie French), while intending to wed the good girl, Lucy (Karen Steele). Moreover, he obviously has no qualms about having affairs with married ladies. Nevertheless, he’s likable, level-headed and robust. He loves and understands the fairer sex. He’s honest with them concerning his questionable morals, yet his charisma draws them regardless. The respectable Lucy concedes that she pursued him. It’s not hard seeing Errol Flynn or Clark Gable in this gig.

These distinguishing elements make “Decision at Sundown” worthwhile, but they don’t remove the fact that it’s a town-bound Western soap opera that lacks the mesmerizing style of “Rio Bravo” (1959).

The film runs 1 hour, 17 minutes, and was shot at Agoura, California.

GRADE: C+/B-

The Day Bart Allison Came To Sundown
This particular Budd Boetticher/Randolph Scott collaboration finds Scott as the meanest he ever was on the screen. At least since Coroner Creek where he played a similarly driven man on a vengeance quest against a man who killed his bride to be.

It’s worse in Decision at Sundown. A few years earlier when Scott was away at war John Carroll took up with Scott’s late wife. Now Randy with sidekick Noah Beery, Jr. has come into the town of Sundown looking to kill Carroll who has moved there and essentially taken over with his bought and paid for sheriff Andrew Duggan. Carroll by no coincidence I’m sure is getting married to Karen Steele that day, the daughter of a local rancher John Litel much to the dismay of Carroll’s long time mistress Valerie French.

Scott interrupts the wedding and then he and Beery are trapped in a barn. While all this is going on a lot of the townsfolk who have let Carroll and his bully boys run roughshod over them start reexamining what’s happened to their town.

Decision at Sundown shows Randolph Scott as the ugliest he ever was on the screen. He’s a pretty mean hero in Coroner Creek as Chris Danning. But his character of Bart Allison in this film makes Danning look like a Boy Scout.

I can’t say any more, you’ll just have to see the rather unusual ending in this film and how it works out for Scott and the rest of the town of Sundown.

Let’s just say he changed everyone’s life, but his own.

A Different Kind of Randolph Scott Horse Opera
Director Budd Boetticher’s third western with Randolph Scott, “Decision at Sundown,” with John Carroll, Andrew Duggan, Noah Beery, Jr., and Karen Steele, qualifies as the most unusual of Scott’s B-movie horse operas. Randy doesn’t play a lawman this time around, but he is a drifter with a mission. As former Confederate soldier Bart Allison, our steely hero lost a wife because of the shenanigans of Tate Kimbrough (John Carroll of “The Flying Tigers”), and Allison has been searching for Kimbrough. Another amiable Texan, Sam (Noah Beery Jr. of “The Savage Horde”), has been riding with Allison, and he knew all about Bart’s wife that Bart never knew. They track Kimbrough down to the town of Sundown where Kimbrough presides over the town as the boss. When our heroes ride into Sundown, Bart is bound for Tate Kimbrough’s wedding to Lucy Summerton (Karen Steele of “Ride Lonesome”), while Sam sticks around and waits on him. Before Bart shows up at the wedding chapel, Sam and he hit the local saloon for a couple of drinks, and they find Kimbrough’s cronies getting liquored up on free whiskey. Allison and Sam want to join in for a drink, but Allison doesn’t want to accept anything from the unscrupulous Kimbrough so he places coins on the bar. The town marshal (Andrew Duggan of CBS-TV’s “Lancer”) called Swede irritates Bart when our protagonist wants to pay for his drinks. Bart openly challenges the Swede, and the Swede drops Bart’s coins into a spittoon. Later, at Kimbrough’s wedding, Bart raises an objection during the ceremony, and he tells Kimbrough’s bride Lucy that she will be a widow at sundown. Everything goes sideways then at a gunfight breaks out our heroes taken refuge in the local livery stable. Kimbrough’s gun flunkies lay siege to the place and fill the air with whistling lead. Interestingly, one of Kimbrough’s hired gunmen is none other than the legendary actor Bob Steele. For the better part of “Decision at Sundown,” Bart and Sam are trapped in the stable. Slowly, but inevitably, the townspeople of Sundown realize that they have been taken advantage of by Kimbrough, and they decide to take a stand against him. Foremost of these citizens is a rancher, Morley Chase (Ray Teal of NBC-TV’s “Bonanza”), who stands up to Kimbrough, and later disarms Kimbrough’s men so Bart can shoot it out with the Swede. Naturally, Bart blast the Swede right out of his boots, but at the same time, he loses the use of his hand. Now, he must face Kimbrough and use his other hand in a duel. Kimbrough and Allison are sworn adversaries, and Allison loses his best friend, Sam, when the fellow Texan leaves him to get a hot, cooked meal. Sam’s death in part prompts Chase’ decision to oppose Kimbrough. Once the citizens rise up against Kimbrough, his influence in Sundown begins to crumble. Randolph Scott plays a different role for a change, and he loses his cool as the lead character. This isn’t the icy cool cowboy in Boetticher’s other westerns, “Ride Lonesome,” “Comanche Station,” and Buchanan Rides Alone.” Boetticher confines this oater to the city limits, and we watch as Kimbrough’s power slips, until he feels compelled to square off against Allison in the street at dusk. The showdown never comes because the other woman in town, Ruby James (Valerie French of “Jubal”) intervenes. She has been Kimbrough steady woman for years until he took up with Lucy, and they have a special bond. Eventually, Lucy decides not to marry Kimbrough. The thing is that Allison never gets the pleasure of killing Kimbrough. “Decision at Sundown” is a good, off-beat western, competently made, with Randolph Scott at his very best.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 17 min (77 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Approved
Genre Western
Director Budd Boetticher
Writer Charles Lang, Vernon L. Fluharty
Actors Randolph Scott, John Carroll, Karen Steele
Country United States
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1 (intended ratio), 1.37 : 1 (negative ratio)
Camera N/A
Laboratory Technicolor (as Technicolor®)
Film Length (8 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm