Forty Guns

Forty Guns is a 1957 gothic western film written and directed by Samuel Fuller, filmed in blackandwhite CinemaScope and released by the 20th Century Fox studio. The film stars Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan and Gene Barry.

Swain is one of landowner Jessica Drummonds forty hired guns. She runs the territory with an iron fist, permitting the town to be terrorized and trashed by her brother, Brockie Drummond, and his boys. Brockie is an arrogant drunk and bully, but he goes too far by shooting visionimpaired town Marshal, Chisolm, in the leg. Thereupon, Brockie and his drunken friends start trashing the town.Griff intervenes and pistolwhips Brockie with a single blow while Wes covers him with a rifle from the gunsmith shop. Aware of how close Brockie is to his sister, Griff makes it a point not to crack Brockies. Jessica delivered Brockie when their mother gave birth for the last time. ........

Source: Wikipedia