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.Leonard Maltin, Leonard Maltin’s TV movies Guide, 1991 edition, page 1125, Plume, 1990 The film is also known as Thunder in the Dust in the United Kingdom.
Plot 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.
Cast A 1950 film reviewHarry MacArthur, Historic 'Oater', Evening Star (Washington, DC), February 17, 1950, page A-28 lists the cast as follows: Robert Preston as James Cloud ('Kid Wichita') Robert Sterling as Tom Cloud John Drew Barrymore (in his film debut) as Jeff Cloud Chill Wills as Sam Beers Cathy Downs as Kathleen Boyce John Litel as John Gall Jack Elam as Earl Boyce Don Haggerty as Elmer Gall Stanley Price as Steve Fletcher Clem Fuller as Turkey Frank Cordell as Jim Strake Dave Kashner as Gill Batson
Soundtrack "O'Riley" (Written by Alberto Colombo)
References
External links
The Sundowners at AllMovie