Decision at Sundown (1957)
Bart Allison (Randolph Scott) rides into a sleepy town named Sundown with the intention of killing local boss Tate Kimbrough (John Carroll) by sundown.
Some years earlier Kimbrough had an affair with Allison’s wife who later committed suicide. Tensions build as sundown approaches, not just between Allison and Kimbrough, but among the townspeople as well.
Decision at Sundown is another Budd Boetticher film again teaming up with Randolph Scott. However it's a different beast altogether from the usual plain galloping mayhem the duo usually give us. Although not studio bound it's set solely in town following the opening scenes.
Scott, playing against type is a mainly unlikable character his sole focus is killing Kimbrough and the tension rises during the first half hour, however it grinds to a halt soon after with Scott holed up in a stable and nothing much really happens until the conclusion which plays out as a damp squib with the inevitable showdown failing to materialize and Kimbrough and Allison leaving town in different directions to start new lives elsewhere.
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