The Sundowners | |
Director: | George Templeton |
Cinematography: | Winton C. Hoch |
Editing: | Jack Ogilvie |
Studio: | Le May-Templeton Pictures |
Distributor: | Eagle-Lion Films |
Runtime: | 84 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
The Sundowners is a 1950 American Technicolor Western film directed by George Templeton, starring Robert Preston and featuring John Drew Barrymore (billed as John Barrymore, Jr.), Robert Sterling, Chill Wills, and Jack Elam.[1] The film is also known as Thunder in the Dust in the United Kingdom.
A rash of cattle rustling leads to a range war, centered on the disputed grazing rights to a fertile canyon. Hostilities escalate with the arrival of a gunman, who disrupts both sides in the conflict.
A 1950 film review[2] lists the cast as follows: