History Film / Gunslinger

-->'''Joel:''' Uh, cue the horses!\\

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Cane puts a ''lot'' of importance on the Battle of Lookout Mountain in his vendetta against the mayor, claiming that losing that battle lost the whole war. The actual battle was a relatively minor engagement in 1863, ''two full years'' before the end of the war, and ''after'' the decisive Union victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg. The engagement didn't even involve the entirety of the armies on both sides, and was fought solely between Hooker's Union XI corps, and three Confederate brigades under Stevenson. Of course, it could be more because he lost his brothers there and blames Polk for it, but uses that idea as an excuse.

** The surviving killer, who's identity is completely unknown and made a clean getaway, shows up to Scott's funeral for no apparent reason. Rose recognizes him and shoots him on the spot.

* DeterminedWidow: Rose. She avenges her husband personally and still aims to settle with whoever hired them.

When Marshal Hood of Oracle, Texas, is killed by a hired gunman, his quick-shooting widow, Rose (Garland), straps on his gun and star, puts on some pants, and aims to find out who did the hiring. She has her suspicions about the local saloon owner-slash-brothel madam Erica Page (Hayes), but doesn't have any proof. Still, Erica becomes worried about Rose interfering with her railroad real estate scheme, and sends for a hired gunman to take care of her.

* DisposableWoman: RareMaleExample. Rose's husband is dead before the opening credits roll, and he only seemed to exist to motivate Rose to seek vengeance against his killers.

* GambitRoulette: Erica's real estate scheme amounts to gambling. She's buying up land in the hopes that a railroad being built through town will make her rich but there's no indication that she has insider knowledge (and if she does, it's obviously bad information) and there's no indication that she's trying to sway or fix the results. She's simply betting on a possible outcome. She seems to know this: before the final act, she starts prepping to run for it, in case the plan goes bad.

'''Tom Servo:''' Well he could ''shoot'' ya!

** Joshua gets his moment during the showdown at the climax when he chooses the wrong target. He first aims at Erica (and misses), giving Cane- who already had his gun drawn- time to aim at and shoot him.

The gunman, Cane Miro (Creator/JohnIreland), hits it off with Rose soon after arriving in town, and begins trying to stretch the terms of his contract to avoid killing her. However, he has an old [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Civil War]] grudge against the town's mayor, and Rose finds her hands full trying to keep the man alive and Cain out of trouble. Can Rose stop Erica's plan? Will Rose redeem Cane before it's too late?

-->'''Mayor Polk:''' I figured if [a jail cell] could keep a killer in, it could keep a killer out.\\

Cult bombshells Creator/BeverlyGarland and Allison Hayes star in this low-budget 1956 panthecolor feminist {{Western}} directed by Creator/RogerCorman.

When Marshal Hood of Oracle, Texas, is killed by a hired gunman, his quick-shooting widow, Rose (Garland), straps on his gun and star, puts on some pants, and aims to find out who did the hiring. She has her suspicions about the local saloon owner-slash-madam Erica Page (Hayes), but doesn't have any proof. Still, Erica becomes worried about Rose interfering with her railroad real estate scheme, and sends for a hired gunman to take care of her.

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When Marshal Hood of Oracle, Texas, is killed by a hired gunman, his quick-shooting widow, Rose (Garland), straps on his gun and star, puts on some pants, and aims to find out who did the hiring. She has her suspicions about the local saloon owner-slash-madam Erica Page, but doesn't have any proof. Still, Erica becomes worried about Rose interfering with her railroad real estate scheme, and sends for a hired gunman to take care of her.

The gunman, Cane Miro, hits it off with Rose soon after arriving in town, and begins trying to stretch the terms of his contract to avoid killing her. However, he has an old [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar Civil War]] grudge against the town's mayor, and Rose finds her hands full trying to keep the man alive and Cain out of trouble. Can Rose stop Erica's plan? Will Rose redeem Cane before it's too late?

-->'''Cane Miro:''' I'll make you a deal -
--> I won't try to make you a bad woman, if you stop trying to make me a good man.\\

Cult bombshells Creator/BeverlyGarland and Allison Hayes star in this low-budget 1956 panthecolor feminist Western directed by Creator/RogerCorman.

* StuffedInTheFridge: Rose's husband is dead before the opening credits roll, and he only seemed to exist to motivate Rose to seek vengeance against his killers.

See ''[[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S05E11TheGunslinger here]]'' for the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' episode.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Marshal Scott Hood is dead before the opening credits, and his widow Rose has dealt with his two killers by the ten-minute mark, but the mystery of who ordered his murder drives much of the rest of the plot. Well, kind of, see AbortedArc above.

-->'''Mayor Polk:''' I figured if [a jail cell] could keep a killer in, it could keep a killer out.
-->'''Tom Servo:''' Well he could ''shoot'' ya!

* ZanyScheme: The Mayor sees Erica's plot (buying up all the land in town in hopes that a new railroad will make property values skyrocket) as this. Particularly since it's not even guaranteed that the new railroad will run through Oracle. [[spoiler:It won't.]]

* ReplacementLoveInterest: How long is Marshal Hood dead before Cane comes along? Not even a month.

* TooDumbToLive: Mayor Polk. The only reason Cane didn't kill him earlier in the film was because somebody was around to bail him out every time, and he continues to stay a sitting duck right up until he's finally killed.

Cult bombshells Beverly Garland and Allison Hayes star in this low-budget 1956 panthecolor feminist Western directed by Creator/RogerCorman.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Marshal Scott Hood is dead before the opening credits, and his widow Rose has dealt with his two killers by the ten-minute mark; but the mystery of who ordered his murder drives much of the rest of the plot. Well, kind of, see AbortedArc above.

* GambitRoulette: Erica's real estate scheme amounts to gambling. She's buying up land in the hopes that a railroad being built through town will make her rich but there's no indication that she has insider knowledge (and if she does, it's obviously bad information) and there's no indication that she's trying to sway or fix the results. She's simply betting on a possible outcome. She seems to know this: Before the final act, she starts prepping to run for it, in case the plan goes bad.

* {{Cincinnatus}}: Rose quickly cedes the title of Marshal once the state-oppointed Marshal arrives, but it's easy for her since she's wrapped up her revenge by then.

* StayInTheKitchen: Kind of a weird example: When Rose is importuning Mayor Polk to anoint her Marshal, Mrs. Polk urges him to just do it and get it over with. Her reason? She has a roast in the oven. It's entirely possible this was meant as a clever contrast between Rose's progressive attitude and Mrs. Polk's more traditional mindset.

* GambitRoulette: Erica's real estate scheme amounts to gambling. She's buying up land in the hopes that a railroad being built through town will make her rich but there's no indication that she has insider knowledge (and if she does, it's obviously bad information) and there's no indication that she's trying to sway or fix the results. She's simply betting on a possible outcome.