History Film / NoNameOnTheBullet

** Earlier, Deputy Miller hands in his badge after Gant outdraws and woods the sheriff, not wanting to face Gant himself if the town council decides that YouAreInCommandNow.

* TurnInYourBadge: the Sheriff does this at the end, disgusted by his inability to keep even the decent citizens from breaking the law.

* ChekhovsSkill: When Gant first meets Luke Canfield, Luke demonstrates his perfect aim with a maul by tossing the hammer so it hangs itself on a hook on the smithy wall. [[spoiler:In their final confrontation, Luke uses a thrown maul to shatter the shoulder of Gant's gun arm; destroying his career as a gunfighter]].

* {{Foreshadowing}} [[spoiler: The Judge knowing that his time is about to run out.]]
** One of the (drunk) townsfolk exclaiming, "You want me to," when Gant is daring him to draw.

* AwfulWeddedLife: While the stress of the situation likely contributes to it, The Fraden's don't get along that well during their screen time, with Roseanne wondering out loud why she left her first husband for Lou and later saying that if he didn't send Gant and is letting them stay together then he must hate them worse than she'd thought.

* BadassBoast: Gant while facing down the would-be vigilantes informs them that he does not kill without being paid...but they're ''tempting'' him.

* AteHisGun: the banker shoots himself. [[spoiler: he wasn't the target.]]

* AnalogyBackfire: Luke tells his father that Gants continued presence just makes things worse for everyone, likening it to a cold turning into pneumonia. Asa points out that you can cure pneumonia sometimes but you can't cure a cold.

%%* BuyThemOff: Gant laughs off the attempt.

* BaldOfAwesome: Asa, who rejects the notion of prejudging a man but is willing to stand up to both mob violence, and Gant.

* TheBlacksmith: Luke's father Asa Fox.
* BuyThemOff: Gant laughs off the attempt.

* CoolHorse: Gant's black stallion.

* DomesticAbuse: Averted. Lou raises his hand as if to slip his wife after one insult but ultimately doesn't.

* BadassMustache: Ben Chaffee has one, and is one of the tougher, less panicky locals.

! ''No Name On The Bullet'' contains examples of:

* NotSoDifferent: Gant believes he and Luke are not so different...being the only honest men in town.

* {{ForeShadowing}} [[spoiler: The Judge knowing that his time is about to run out.]]

* TheConfidant: Luke ocassionaly visits his fiancées father to talk about Gant, trying to understand what makes him tick, anndthe potential strategies for stopping him.

* GenreSavvy: Judge Benson is fairly good at predicting what will happen, particularly when he wagers that the sherries failure will be followed by [[TorchesAndPitchforks a mob]].

* MorallyBankruptBanker: Thad Pierce, who is afraid that Gant is after him and Earl Stricker for trying to force out their mining partner (who did most of the real work) although he comes across as more regretful and/or pathetic than his associate Stricker does. Luke also seems to think highly of him, saying he's done a lot of good for the town and getting angry and defensive when Gant specultes that he's a thief.

* PetTheDog: Fear if Gant does being out the uglier sides of Stricker and Reeger but both men have positive moments as well. Stricker promises Hastings that the town will support him (in a sincere, comforting way) after he agrees to try to run off Gant, while Reeger shows visible alarm and concern when he hears [[spoiler: Anne's confrontation with Gant]] and hurries to find Luke and alert him.

AnalogyBackfire: Luke tells his father that Gants continued presence just makes things worse for everyone, likening it to a cold turning into pneumonia. Asa points out that you can cure pneumonia sometimes but you can't cure a cold.

* TheGhost: [[TheCuckold Sam Ferris]] who Lou Fraden is convinced hired Gant to kill him, and the Governor, who [[spoiler: Judge Benson]] suspects hired Gant to kill him.

* MorallyBankruptBanker: Thad Pierce, who is afraid that Gant is after him and Earl Stricker for trying to force out their mining partner (who did most of the real work) although he comes across as more regretful and/or pathetic than his associate Stricker does.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: While Stricker isn't ''the'' villain, when he gets Pierce [[BuyThemOff try to pay Gant to leave town]] in case Chaffee hired him to kill them, it just makes Gant more contemptuous of the town, while making Chaffee convinced that Stricker and Pierce are hiring Gant to kill ''him''.

* TheSaloonOwner: Henry Reeger, who is clearly afraid that he could be Gant's target, although unlike others who are afraid of Gant [[MysteriousPast it's never revealed why he thinks Gant is after him]].

* TheBlacksmith: Luke's friend Asa Fox.
* BuyThemOff: Gant laughs off the attempt.

* CoolHorse: Gant's black stallion.

* {{Sidekick}}: Asa the blacksmith acts as Luke's.

* TurnInYourBadge: the Sheriff does this at the end, disgusted by his inability to keep even the decent citizens from breaking the law.

''No Name On the Bullet'' is a 1959 western directed by Jack Arnold, and starring Audie Murphy PlayingAgainstType as a cold-blooded killer, Charles Drake as a good-hearted physician, and Joan Evans as the inevitable love interest.

* TurnInYourBadge: the Sheriff does this at the end, disgusted by his inability to keep even the decent citizens from breaking the law.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: The doctor and Gant play a game; it's mentioned that neither gets much of an opportunity to.

* {{Foreshadowing:}} [[spoiler: The Judge knowing that his time is about to run out.]]

* BewareTheQuietOnes: John Gant's response to the Sheriff's ordering him out of town?
--> "Go away."

* Foreshadowing: [[spoiler: The Judge knowing that his time is about to run out.]]