Fury at Gunsight Pass (1956)

David Brian is Whitey Turner and Neville Brand is Dirk Hogan, leaders of a gang of bandits who have conspired with a local undertaker to rob the bank at Gunsight Pass.

But Whitey and three accomplices decide to move up the time of the bank robbery so they can make off with the loot before Hogan and the rest of the gang ride into town.

Delays in a wedding in Gunsight Pass foil their plan, and an uncooperative banker doesn’t help either.

The end result: Nothing goes right.

The banker is shot, four of the bandits are hauled off to jail and the undertaker is killed by the stray bullet after hiding the loot.

That sets the stage for an elaborate “who’s got the loot” plot, especially after Turner and the other bandits escape.

Caught in the middle of all this confusion is newly married Roy Hanford (Richard Long).

He’s determined to help solve the mystery, even if it means postponing his honeymoon, especially since his dad’s banking partner Andrew Ferguson suggests the elder Hanford was in on the bank robbery.

Lisa Davis as Kathy Phillips and Richard Long as Roy Hanford, their wedding day spoiled by a bank robbery in Fury at Gunsight Pass (1956)

David Brian as Whitey Turner, planning to double cross his partner in Fury at Gunsight Pass (1956)

Review:

Every once in a while, a quickie B Western surprises you at how well done it is. This is one of those occasions.

The plot is fresher than most and little touches — like the saloon owner being asked to turn around a risque painting for the sake of the wedding party — add to its appeal.

The frenzied finish is heightened by the fact that it takes place in a wind-blown town as the sandstorm helps even the odds for the outgunned residents of Gunsight Pass.

Lisa Davis plays Kathy Phillips, Roy Hanford’s new wife. It was one of only five credited film roles for her and one of only two Westerns (the other being 1957’s “The Dalton Girls”).

Neville Brand as Dirk Hogan, waiting with his gang for his partners to show up in Fury at Gunsight Pass (1956)

Joseph Forte as Andrew Ferguson and Addison Richards as Charles Hanford, co-owners of the bank in Fury at Gunsight Pass (1956)

Directed by:
Fred Sears

Cast:
David Brian … Whitey Turner
Neville Brand … Dirk Hogan
Richard Long … Roy Hanford
Lisa Davis … Kathy Phillips
Katherine Warren … Mrs. Boggs
Percy Helton … Undertaker Boggs
Morris Ankrum … Doc Phillips
Addison Richards … Charles Hanford
Wally Vernon … OK, Okay
Frank Fenton … Sheriff Meeker
Joseph Forte … Andrew Ferguson

Runtime: 68 min.

Katherine Warren as Mrs. Boggs and Frank Fenton as Sheriff Meeker, wondering where the bank loot went in Fury at Gunsight Pass (1956)

Morris Ankrum as Doc Phillips, held captives by Dirk Hogan’s bandit gang in Fury at Gunsight Pass (1956)

Memorable lines:

Neville Brand, to a gang member doubting whether they should go back to Gunsight Pass: “You got water in your guts?”

Neville Brand: “You and him bring the sheriff. Let him get buried decent. I’ve got a warm spot in my heart for sheriffs, especially dead ones.”

Wally Vernon as OK, Okay, a member of Whitey Turner’s gang, being taken into custody in Fury at Gunsight Pass (1956)

Katherine Warren as Mrs. Boggs, struggling with a difficult decision in Fury at Gunsight Pass (1956)

Percy Helton as undertaker Boggs and David Brian as Whitey Turner, planning a bank robbery in Fury at Gunsight Pass (1956)

Richard Long as Roy Hanford, demanding answers about a bank robbery in which his father was killed in Fury at Gunsight Pass (1956)