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| Showdown | |
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.jpg) 1973 Theatrical Poster | |
| Directed by | George Seaton |
| Screenplay by | Theodore Taylor |
| Story by | Hank Fine |
| Produced by | George Seaton |
| Starring | Dean Martin Rock Hudson Susan Clark |
| Cinematography | Ernest Laszlo |
| Edited by | John W. Holmes |
| Music by | David Shire |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Showdown is a 1973 AmericanWestern film produced and directed byGeorge Seaton and starringDean Martin,Rock Hudson andSusan Clark.
Childhood friends Billy Massey and Chuck Jarvis go in opposite directions after Chuck ends up married to Billy's former sweetheart. Billy becomes a bank robber, Chuck a lawman. But they end up joining forces against common enemies in a final showdown. A series of life circumstances put two close childhood friends pitted against each other. The seemingly inevitable ending takes a twist that allows the friendship to continue after Billy commits an act of bravery that he knows is suicidal but saves Chuck's life.
It was the final film for Seaton, who three years earlier had directed Martin and an all-star cast in the blockbuster hitAirport. It was also Dean Martin's last western.
In a November 1972 episode of theTV seriesMcMillan & Wife called "Cop of the Year," McMillan (played by Hudson) visits the set of aWestern film titled "Showdown" that is in production (directed by Seaton, who plays himself) to ask thespecial-effects supervisor about how to make agunshot wound appear on the chest of a gunman—who, in the shot being filmed, is the victim in a showdown.
Quentin Tarantino later wrote that "the slightness of the whole project is surprising. But along with the pairing of Hudson & Martin, who share the screen for the first time, it's the films low-key modesty that ends up being one of its most charming features."[1]Leonard Maltin awarded this film two-and-a-half stars out of four, calling it "agreeable but unexceptional."[2]
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