Gunman’s Walk

Davy Hackett, James Darren, and his hot-tempered, arrogant older brother Ed Tab Hunter are about to assist their rancher father Lee Hackett Van Heflin on a horse roundup. The brothers meet Cecily “Clee” Chouard, Kathryn Grant, a striking woman with a mixed French-Sioux heritage; when Ed makes unwanted advances toward her, Davy, who is genuinely interested in her, apologizes for his brother’s behavior.

Clee’s brother Paul Bert Convy and two other Indians are invited to join the roundup. Ed resents the hard-working, talented Paul, and Ed is obsessed with capturing an elusive white mare, ostensibly for Davy, while he cannot bear the fact that Paul decides to compete for the animal. During a wild chase after the horse, Ed drives the other man off a cliff to his death. This is witnessed by the two Indians, and Ed is arrested. When the case comes to court, Ed is released when a man named Sieverts Ray Teal lies that he saw what happened: the cliff gave way and the death was an accident. Lee learns that Davy is in love with Clee and disowns him.

Sieverts claims he has lost a group of wild horses he had gathered; Lee allows him ten of his as a gesture of gratitude for saving his son. When Sieverts selects the white mare, Lee realizes that Sieverts is dishonest, but he says nothing. Ed sees Sieverts riding through town with the horses. When the man will not release the mare, Ed shoots him. Jailed once again, he shoots deputy sheriff Will Motely, Mickey Shaughnessy, and escapes. He is tracked down by Lee, and their confrontation escalates to the point where Ed issues a challenge and prepares to draw on his father. Lee shoots and kills his son. Lee returns to town with the body and, having reflected on his own life, asks Davy and Clee to join him in taking Ed’s body back to the ranch.

Last Updated: October 09, 2025 at 11:17