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For Sale - GBP 1,500 - DAY OF THE EVIL GUN (1968) - movie poster painting

Artist: Jack Thurston (All)

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Title:	For Sale - GBP 1,500 - DAY OF THE EVIL GUN (1968) - movie poster painting
Artist:	Jack Thurston (All)
Media Type:	Mixed Media
Art Type:	Other
For Sale Status:	For Sale - GBP 1,500
Views:	2,299
Likes on CAF:	1 2
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Added to Site:	11/14/2017
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Picked this one up cheap on eBay last year. There were condition issues but the basic painting was sound, with nothing that restoration couldn't fix. A print-maker friend, Lloyd Braddy re-created all the captioned materials from a copy of the printed poster for me, now married to the restored artwork and I'm delighted with the end-result. Thanks again, Lloyd.

Not 100% sure of the artist but Jack Thurston has been suggested to me - so I'll go with him unless I'm told differently?

DAY OF THE EVIL GUN is a 1968 American traditional western starring Glenn Ford, Arthur Kennedy, and Dean Jagger. It was directed by Jerry Thorpe.

"Angie Warfield and her two children are kidnapped by Apaches. Lorne Warfield (Glenn Ford), who had been away a long time, sets out to rescue his family, with the unwanted help of his neighbor Owen Forbes (Arthur Kennedy). Warfield is a former gunman trying to forget his violent past. Forbes, a decent, humane rancher, is also in love with Warfield's wife and feels guilty that he did not try to prevent the kidnapping.

An Indian trader (Dean Jagger), who feigns insanity (as the Indians will not kill a crazy person), reluctantly provides Warfield with some information. Next, Warfield and Forbes are captured by the Apaches and staked out on the ground to die. However, Mexican bandit DeLeon (who has dealings with the Indians) believes Warfield's story that he hid his money before he was caught and cuts him loose. Warfield manages to kill him and frees Forbes. They detour to a town where a doctor is being overwhelmed caring for the victims of cholera. They buy supplies, and Forbes learns the location of the Apache camp. On the way, they enter a deserted Mormon settlement, where they encounter a detachment of Union soldiers led by "Captain" Jefferson Addis. However, all is not what it seems. It turns out that Corporal Addis and the rest killed the real captain so that they could trade two wagons full of weapons and ammunition to the Apaches in return for an army payroll the latter recently captured. The Apaches, however, have other ideas; they attack. During the battle, Warfield arranges it for them to steal a wagon. That leaves deep tracks it is easy for him to follow to the Indian camp. Warfield and Forbes rescue the captives.

Safely back home, Forbes challenges Warfield (who is now unarmed, having traded his gun to a storekeeper for clothing for his family) to a duel for the woman, but Warfield just turns and walks away. Forbes throws him a pistol, but Warfield refuses to pick it up. Forbes then shoots Warfield in the leg. Before Forbes can finish him off, he is shot and killed by the storekeeper using Warfield's gun."

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