An authoritarian rancher rules an Arizona county with her private posse of hired guns. When a new Marshall arrives to set things straight, the cattle queen finds herself falling for the avowedly non-violent lawman. Both have itchy-fingered brothers, a female gunman enters the picture, and things go desperately wrong.
Forty Guns has generally received positive reviews.
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Review of Forty Guns (1957)
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Review of Forty Guns (1957)
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Forty Guns was released in 1957 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 34 reviews, giving Forty Guns (1957) an average rating of 66%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 82%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 71%. Professional critics were more impressed with Forty Guns than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 66%, Forty Guns is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1957, which stands at 60%.
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