Rose and Cane arrive on the scene afterwards Jake sees them and reports to Erica, who becomes jealous and irate. Jake finds Taub, kills him, and steals the money back. When he stops to let her catch up, they talk and eventually kiss. Erica reveals that Rose is the woman whom she paid Cane to kill however, if the proposed railroad track is a success, she admits that Rose may not have to die.Įrica buys a freight line from Zebulon Taub for $15,000, but has Jake follow him. When her back is turned, Signo makes suspicious movements, but Cane shoots him.Ĭane enters Erica's saloon and confronts Polk until Erica requests he stop. She shows little concern for his warnings.Īs Cane rides toward town, Rose shoots at him, mistaking him for a man, Nate Signo, she has been searching out. In Erica's saloon, Polk tells her that she has overextended herself by buying property along a proposed railroad track. After Rose exits, Erica tells lackey Jake ( Jonathan Haze) to hire a gunslinger, which he does, finding a man named Cane Miro ( John Ireland). The women fight, but eventually Erica, who loses the fight, closes for the night. That night, Rose asks Erica Page ( Allison Hayes) to close her saloon at 3 AM in accordance with town regulations, but Erica insists her saloon is open for business 24 hours. At the funeral, she spots and shoots the second killer.

Plot Īfter her husband Scott ( William Schallert), the town marshal of Oracle, Texas, is killed by two assailants, his widow Rose ( Beverly Garland), after shooting one of them, is named temporary marshal until the renowned Sam Bass arrives to permanently take the job. Eventually, Gunslinger was released to mixed reviews, and, in 1993, was featured in a fifth-season episode of the film-mocking comedy television series Mystery Science Theater 3000. Filming of Gunslinger was marred by several inconveniences rain caused the filming location to become muddy, and the two lead actresses were both injured on set. The film began production in February 1956, as director Corman wanted to shoot one final film in six days before a change in union contracts meant that actors were limited to working only five days a week. Griffith, the film, shot in colour, also features Allison Hayes as Erica Page, the owner of a saloon, who hires a gunslinger assassin ( John Ireland) to kill Rose. Directed by Roger Corman from a screenplay by Mark Hanna and Charles B. Gunslinger is a 1956 American Western film starring Beverly Garland as Rose Hood, the widow of a slain town marshal who inherits his job.

The gunslinger series