Zane Grey, that bottomless bounty of inspiration for Hollywood westerns, wrote the novel upon which
Gunfighters was based.
Randolph Scott stars as a gunslinger who's vowed to kill no more. He goes to work for a land baron (
Griff Barnett) who's been driving out neighboring ranchers by fair means and foul. The baron's nice daughter (
Dorothy Hart) falls for Scott, while the girl's nastier sister (
Barbara Britton) is obsessed by her father's vicious henchman
Bruce Cabot. Scott eventually chooses the right side in the ranch war, leading to a showdown with Cabot--and the breaking of his vow to never again fire a gun.
Gunfighters was photographed in Cinecolor, a process that produced pleasing reds and blues but ignored yellows and greens. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide