Showdown (1973 film)

Showdown
1973 Theatrical Poster
Directed by	George Seaton
Produced by	George Seaton
Screenplay by	Theodore Taylor
Story by	Hank Fine
Starring	Rock Hudson Dean Martin Susan Clark
Music by	David Shire
Cinematography	Ernest Laszlo
Edited by	John W. Holmes
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	June 20, 1973 (1973-06-20)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Showdown is a 1973 American Western film produced and directed by George Seaton. It stars Rock Hudson, Dean Martin and Susan Clark.

Plot

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.

Cast

• Rock Hudson as Chuck
• Dean Martin as Billy
• Susan Clark as Kate
• Donald Moffat as Williams
• John McLiam as Wilson

Production notes

• It was the final film for Seaton, who three years earlier had directed Martin and an all-star cast in the blockbuster hit Airport. It was also Dean Martin's last western.
• In a 1972 episode of the TV series McMillan & Wife called “Cop of the Year,” McMillan (played by Hudson) visits the set of a Western (directed by Seaton, who plays himself) to ask the special-effects supervisor about how to make a gunshot wound appear on the chest of a gunman—who, in the shot being filmed, is the victim in a showdown.

See also

• List of American films of 1973

References

External links

• Showdown at the Internet Movie Database