FIRECREEK is a senior citizen version of HIGH NOON in that it features an aging Stewart as a sort of freelance sheriff who has to defend his small burg against a bunch of hoodlums who are returning from the range wars in Missouri. Fonda, Lockwood, Best, Woodward, and Elam arrive in the
town of Firecreek and decide to stay there for some R & R while Fonda heals from a wound. Stewart, who lives outside of the village, leaves his pregnant wife, Scott, and comes into Firecreek to keep an eye on the freebooters. Fonda is resting at the boarding house run by Flippen and casting an eye
on Flippen's daughter, Stevens. Meanwhile, his pals are making mincemeat out of the qui...
Released:
1968
Rated:
NR
Length:
104 mins