Last Train from Gun Hill

“Last Train from Gun Hill” is a suspenseful western movie starring Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn.

When his Native American wife is raped and killed, U.S. Marshal Matt Morgan (Kirk Douglas) is determined to get the two men who did it. Fortunately, Morgan is able to get one of the killer’s horses containing a custom saddle.  Morgan recognizes the saddle and knows that it belongs to an old friend named Craig Belden (Anthony Quinn).

Belden has become a big cattle baron in a neighboring town.  Morgan assumes that the two men responsible for his wife’s death work for him.  So he decides to return the saddle in person, find out from Belden who the men are and then arrest them.  But, to Morgan and Belden’s horror, it is Belden’s only son, Rick Belden, who is one of the killers. 

Belden adamantly refuses to turn over his son and vows to kill Morgan if he tries to get him.  But Morgan is determined to get justice and adamantly states that he plans to leave town with Belden’s son and the other killer on the "Last Train from Gun Hill."

The old friends are now enemies. Who will prevail?

• The director of this movie, John Sturges, had just experienced enormous success with his other Western film, “Gunfight at O. K. Corral”, which starred Kirk Douglas.  Because of this success, Sturges decided to do this western, “Last Train at Gun Hill” with Kirk Douglas again.

• The location scenes for “Last Train from Gun Hill” were filmed near Tucson, Arizona.  The town of Gun Hill, however, was created on the Paramount Studio lot.