The Gun Hawk

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Blue Eagle · Bomb Beetle · Bomb Wing · Gold Beetle · Gum Hawk · Gun Hawk · Gun Beetle · Gun Hawk · Gun Hunter · Gun Wing · Hornet-3 · Hornet-6 · Hornet-9 · Laser Hawk · Laser Hornet · Laser Hunter · Mono Beetle · Phoenix · Rhino Cannon · Rhino Jet · Rhino Metal · Rhino Spike · Shield Hunter · Sky Hawk · Spark Beetle · Spring Beetle Sonic Advance & Sonic Adventure 2: Battle Official Perfect Guide · Sonic Adventure 2: Battle Strongest Strategy Guide · Sonic Adventure 2 Hero/Dark Manual · Sonic Adventure 2 Perfect Guide · Sonic Adventure 2: Prima's Official Strategy Guide Two veterans of the B western movie genre Rory Calhoun and Rod Cameron team up for The Gun Hawk. Cameron plays an upright sheriff who saw some promise in Rory Calhoun and wanted to make him his deputy. But Calhoun preferred the dark side and became a notorious gunfighter. But Calhoun has another scheme in mind. He's the kingpin in a town called Sanctuary, an outlaw town. Calhoun's also got his girl friend Ruta Lee there as well. He'll need her presence as his gun hand is out of commission. Artificial Chaos ( Artificial Chaos P-1, Artificial Chaos P-100, Cell, Float Type, Guard Type) · Boo · Boom Boo

Calhoun may not have been the greatest actor, but he knew how to deliver the goods as a jaded gunfighter. What makes the role unusually interesting is that after a certain point, Calhoun knows he's going to die. In fact, he knows it before we do, and once we figure it out, his actions - such as his seemingly unfeeling treatment of a longtime girlfriend - make sense. There's also something fresh about the town of Sanctuary, where outlaws on the lam are safe from pursuit, as long as they keep their guns holstered. I'm not saying it's never been done before, but I've seen a lot of films in this genre, and the idea seemed new to me. Rory Calhoun does an excellent job in the lead role. His makeup for the climatic scenes is quite realistic and convincing. Rod Lauren was a singer of the day who had a brief acting career. Rod Cameron on the down side of his career was shortly to embark on making spaghetti western in Europe. On Madden’s trail is an old friend, Sheriff Ben Corey (Rod Cameron), who figures he has to take Madden in for the two killings, but isn’t looking forward to the proposition. His deputy has no such compulsions. He’s always been jealous of Madden and his hold over a sheriff he looks up to as a father. Blaine Madden: “No you don’t, Ben. You’d have to crawl inside my guts to know that, and I ain’t got room in there for you.”On the outskirts of the relationship between Blaine and Reb there is the lawmen in pursuit, one is wise and has a soft spot for Madden, the other is angry and only sees death for Madden as a positive result. Into the mix comes Ruta Lee (ravishing in looks, staid in acting) as the love interest, though it's nice to report that this strand of the story never cloys and in fact enhances the Madden character arc. Robert J. Wilke and Lane Bradford file in for villain duties, with the former energetic and doing a nice line in brash outlaw who is destined for a fall. Sure, the movie has faults. It begins badly, with a cheesy title song, clumsy expositional dialogue in a sheriff's office, and a comedy-relief fight scene that's not funny. By that point I was thinking maybe I should turn it off. But soon after, it improved. The Gun Hawk is punctuated with plenty of thrilling gunfights, suspenseful moments, and heartwarming scenes that will leave the viewer on the edge of their seat. The movie's production values are impressive for its time, and the music score is memorable.

As I write this, The Gun Hawk enjoys a meager 5.8 IMDb rating. As you can see from my own rating, I think this is way too low. Madden flees to a hole in the wall town named Sanctuary followed by the young Roan. They in turn are followed by the the sheriff and his vengeful deputy Mitch Mitchell (Morgan Woodward). It turns out that Madden is the leader of the town known as the Gun Hawk who provides sanctuary for fleeing outlaws. One such outlaw is the killer Johnny Flanders (Robert J. Wilke) who Madden drives out of town after a saloon battle. Air bubble · Balloon · Chao Egg · Chao Key · Chaos Emerald · Chaos Drive · Car · Container ( Cage, Chao Container, Steel Container, Unbreakable Container, Wooden Container) · Emblem · Emerald Shard · Gate key · Goal Ring · Item Box ( 5 Rings, 10 Rings, 20 Rings, Bomb, Extra Life, Health, High-Speed Shoes, Invincible, Magnetic Shield, Shield) · Key Stone ( Gate Key) · Meteorite · Outfit · Ring · Snowboard Madden then pursues the Scullys and kills them. Corey follows him and attempts to arrest him, however Madden escapes and is wounded by the sheriff. The role of Madden’s long-suffering lover Marlene is played by Ruta Lee, who got her film start in “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” and settled into a long TV acting career. When she hit the big screen, it was usually in a Western. She also appeared in “Sergeants Three” and the Audie Murphy vehicle “Bullet for a Badman.”As the story unfolds, the town sheriff, Jake Evans, realizes that Brooks is innocent of the murder he's been accused of. Evans decides to help Brooks clear his name, even going as far as risking his job and life to do so. But getting to the truth won't be easy, as hidden agendas of the corrupt mayor and his henchmen keep complicating things. Passing through town Madden gets involved in a fight between "Reb" Roan (Rod Lauren) and the Sully brothers (Lane Bradford, Glenn Stensel) over a poker game. Roan begins a hero worship of Madden much to the dismay of hard nosed sheriff Ben Corey (Rod Cameron). Corey and Madden it seems once had a father-son relationship but Corey was unable to prevent Madden from leaving town and becoming a well known gunfighter. As Brooks rides into town, he finds a place once familiar and now drastically changed. In the meantime, he visits with an old friend, Frank Morgan, who sheds some light on what has been happening around town since Brooks has been gone. Brooks even finds out that his old flame, Virginia, is now married to the town sheriff, Jake Evans. Reb Roan: “Ain’t nothing like a good fight to wake a man up, is there? Matter of fact, that’s my philosophy, you know? Start the day off with a good fight and end it with a bad woman. It’s a lot easier to find a fight, though.”