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The Sundowners is a american film of genre Action released in USA on 2 february 1950 with Robert Preston
The Sundowners (1950)
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Add to a movie listThe Sundowners is a 1950 American film directed by George Templeton. The film is also known as Thunder in the Dust in the United Kingdom.
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A rash of cattle rustling leads to a range war, centered around the disputed grazing rights to a fertile canyon. Hostilities escalate with the arrival of a gunman, who disrupts both sides in the conflict.Actors
Robert Preston
(James Cloud ('Kid Wichita'))
Robert Sterling
(Tom Cloud)
Chill Wills
(Sam Beers)
Cathy Downs
(Kathleen Boyce)
John Litel
(John Gall)
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