# Forty Guns (1957)

> A formidable Arizona cattle queen confronts a principled marshal as romance, family violence, and private power turn the frontier into a pressure cooker.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/8832

## Facts

- Runtime: 80 min
- Genres: Western, Drama
- Director: Samuel Fuller
- Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Dean Jagger, John Ericson, Gene Barry, Robert Dix, Jidge Carroll, Paul Dubov
- TMDB rating: 6.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050407/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: tense, melodramatic, stylized, classic western night, barbara stanwyck marathon

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