Gold of the Seven Saints

Gold of the Seven Saints
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Gordon Douglas
Produced by	Leonard Freeman
Screenplay by	Leigh Brackett Leonard Freeman
Starring	Clint Walker Roger Moore Robert Middleton Chill Wills Leticia Roman
Music by	Howard Jackson
Cinematography	Joseph F. Biroc
Edited by	Folmar Blangsted
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release dates	February 18, 1961 (1961-02-18)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Gold of the Seven Saints is a western film adaptation of a 1957 Steve Frazee novel titled Desert Guns. Released by Warner Brothers in 1961, the 88-minute film starred Clint Walker, Roger Moore, Leticia Roman, Robert Middleton, and Chill Wills. It was directed by Gordon Douglas, who had earlier directed Walker in 1958's Fort Dobbs and 1959's Yellowstone Kelly. Leigh Brackett wrote the screenplay and Joseph F. Biroc provided the black-and-white photography, most of which was shot in and around Arches National Park in Utah. The film did not do notably well at the box office.^[1][2]

Plot

Two fur traders, Jim Rainbolt (Clint Walker) and Shaun Garrett (Roger Moore), stumble across a big gold strike. With the ruthless bandit McCracken (Gene Evans) and his men in relentless pursuit, they hide the gold behind a giant boulder. Shaun is wounded, but Doc Gates (Chill Wills) shows up out of nowhere and patches him up and is made a full partner. They take refuge at the ranch of Amos Gondora, an old friend of Jim's. There they are introduced to Gondora's so-called "ward," an Indian maiden called Tita (Leticia Roman). That night some of McCracken's men stage a stampede and draw Jim and Gondora away. While they are gone, McCracken and some men ride up and takes Shaun and Doc captive. He kills Doc because he is unable to tell the hiding place of the gold.

Shaun does not know how to find the hiding place and even under torture can not lead anyone to the gold. Rainbolt tracks and finds McCracken and his men. After a shootout, McCracken is the only one left of his gang, but he has a gun to Shaun's head and compels Rainbolt to lead him to the gold. When they get there, Rainbolt feigns being unable to move the boulder alone drawing McCracken in close enough for Rainbolt to roll the boulder onto McCracken's leg trapping him. Rainbolt and Garrett intend to leave McCracken there to die, but Gondora and his men show up.

Everything seems all right until Gondora puts friendship aside and demands the gold for himself. Jim and Shaun run from them and must cross a rushing river to get away. The bags of gold fall apart and the gold is lost in the river where it came from. After they laugh at this turn of events, Gondora pledges his friendship again and Rainbolt and Garrett set out to return to their fur trapping.

Cast

• Clint Walker as Jim
• Roger Moore as Shaun
• Robert Middleton as Gondora
• Chill Wills as Doc Gates
• Leticia Roman as Tita

See also

• List of American films of 1961

References

External links

• Gold of the Seven Saints at the Internet Movie Database
• Gold of the Seven Saints at the TCM Movie Database
• Gold of the Seven Saints at AllMovie