Firecreek (1968) Online

Firecreek (1968) Online

Farmer and family man Johnny Cobb moonlights as a two dollar a month Sheriff with a homemade badge in the quiet little town of Firecreek. When a gang of freebooters passes through, their leader Larkin, who is suffering from a minor wound, agrees to spend the night. The gang members prove to be vicious, sadistic sociopaths who take advantage of the frightened townspeople, humiliating them for their own perverse amusement. Although Larkin disapproves of their behavior, his leadership role is tenuous, and he is reluctant to test it by exercising control over his men. The mild-mannered Cobb faces a series of challenges from the gang's antisocial behavior. Things come to a head when Meli, an Indian woman with a mixed race child, incurs an attempted sexual attack by one of gang. Arthur, a simpleton stable boy, comes to her aid and accidentally kills the attacker. Cobb locks up Arthur to keep him safe, but when the Sheriff leaves town to visit his wife, who is struggling in labor, there is ...

This marks the first time Henry Fonda played a villain in a theatrical film. He played another western villain in Once Upon a Time in the West (1968).

Jimmy Stewart's revolver was a Colt M1909 double-action .45 Long Colt with an 1873 Colt ejector rod and shroud fitted to the side of the barrel to give the appearance of a single action revolver. Notice Stewart opened the cylinder out of the frame to check if it is loaded, the cylinder ejector rod and lanyard loop on the handle.

Henry Fonda and Jack Elam appeared in Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) and The Red Pony (1973).

A section of the showdown between Stewart and Fonda including the dialogue "....dollars a week and the home made badge"; "you got no business laying your life on the line" and "I'll ride out" are used by Tir Na Nog in their song "Cinema" , From their 1973 LP "Strong In The Sun"

Four of the cast members have links to Star Trek. Gary Lockwood, BarBara Luna, and Morgan Woodward appeared on Star Trek (1966). Brooke Bundy appeared on Star Trek: Uus põlvkond (1987).

The production has several links to Gunsmoke (1955). Producers Philip Leacock and John Mantley were producers of Gunsmoke (1955) during the mid 1960s. Calvin Clements was the Story Consultant on the series during Mantley's tenure. Morgan Woodward was a frequent guest star during the final ten seasons. Gary Lockwood played the main villain in Gunsmoke (1955) season eleven, episodes eighteen and nineteen, "The Raid: Parts I and II", directed by Vincent McEveety.

Opening credits: The story, all names, characters and incidents portrayed in this production are fictitious. No identification with actual persons, living or dead, is intended or should be inferred.

Gary Lockwood played Frank Poole in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).