This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

I'm a western nut who's been watching horse-operas since the '50s and somehow I'd never heard of this before a TV showing here in England. The cast is superb, including Oscar-winner Walter Brennan in a more restrained performance than usual. Each of the four bank robbers has his own little quirks and it's fun to see Jay Silverheels in a more lively part than his legendary Tonto act, which was often so wooden you'd pick up splinters just from watching it. There's a familiar face playing the tiny role of the town barber - Paul Brinegar, who found TV fame five years later as trail-cook Wishbone on Rawhide.Richard Carlson's direction is surprisingly effective. It's a darn shame he didn't do much else, though his 1964 low-budget Kid Rodelo was nowhere near as nifty a job as Four Guns, which must be filed as "underrated and worth a look." Both movies came from Louis L'Amour stories.

The Four Guns To The Border that are in the title is an outlaw gang headed by Rory Calhoun with George Nader, Jay Silverheels, and John McIntire as members. They're returning to Calhoun's home town where he was run out of years ago by sheriff Charles Drake. Calhoun's ex-girl friend Nina Foch wound up marrying Drake.Calhoun's not going there for any revenge though giving Drake a beating does have its satisfactions. He's going to challenge Drake quite publicly and while he and Drake are fighting, the other three can rob an unguarded bank. It works, but then the outlaws meet up with old time outlaw Walter Brennan and his daughter Colleen Miller who are besieged by renegade Apaches.They met up with Brennan and Miller earlier. Of course the young ones Calhoun and Nader get their hormones in an uproar. But Brennan's not having any daughter of his taking up with no outlaw.Four Guns To The Border is a good no frills western with some of its plot taken from Three Godfathers. The outlaws prove to have more character than they realize. A good ensemble cast is gathered for this which as another viewer observed has no real good or bad guys. Or to put it another way the line of demarcation between the good and the bad isn't all that clear.As good a film as Four Guns To The Border is, it's kind of story was being found on the adult westerns popping up with increasing regularity shortly.

"Four Guns to the Border" is one of those entertaining little 80 minute westerns that Universal turned out in the the 50s. The leads in those films were largely interchangeable (i.e. Audie Murphy, Jeff Chandler, Rory Calhoun, Jock Mahoney etc.)Calhoun stars in this one as a largely unsympathetic character Cully, a bank robber, trying for that one big score. Riding with him are Bronco (George Nader), Dutch (John McIntyre) and Yaqui (Jay Silverheels). On the trail the boys meet former outlaw Simon Bhumer (Walter Brennan playing it straight this time) and his comely young daughter Lolly (Colleen Miller). In spite of Simon's warning, sparks begin to fly between Cully and Lolly.But first thing first. Cully it seems has a past with Sheriff Jim Flannery (Charles Drake) and his attractive wife Maggie (Nina Foch). He uses this past relationship to goad Flannery into a fight as a diversion to the bank hold-up. Then the gang flees into Apache territory where of course they meet up with the Bhumers and............."Four Guns to the Border" was directed by actor Richard Carlson who does a creditable job but allows Calhoun's character to find redemption in the usual contrived happy Hollywood ending though. Brennan is good as the protective father as is McIntyre who was a past master at stealing a scene. Nestor Paiva also has a nice bit as "Greasy".An entertaining little western.

I've always been a Walter Brennan fan, ever since first seeing him as Grandpa McCoy in the late Fifties popular TV series. Based on that, one can easily assume his characters would be the stereotypically 'aw shucks' good old country boy types, but catching him in his earlier Westerns shows a surprisingly different side. In "Four Guns to the Border", Brennan's Simon Bhumer is an aging former gunfighter who's still pretty handy with a six-gun, evidenced by his quick pull on outlaw Bronco (George Nader) in that scene at Greasy's cabin. He'd still be doing the same thing as Will Sonnett a decade later in another of his many TV series roles.For a Fifties Western, this one actually gets pretty racy in scenes between star Rory Calhoun and Brennan's screen daughter Colleen Miller. Not exactly beautiful, she has a way of steaming things up with Calhoun in the barn following a rough liplock earlier to set things in motion. Various states of undress and getting soaked in the rain has a way of doing wonders for her figure as well.The story itself finds Ray Cully (Calhoun) and his gang planning a bank robbery with Cully providing the distraction for his men by facing off against a former friend and partner, now the sheriff of Cholla (Charles Drake). I'll be adding their one on one to my list of best Western movie brawls, as they really mix it up with the town folk uniquely positioned around them so as not to miss any of the action. I would have liked the story to more clearly define their prior relationship; did they have their falling out over Mrs. Flannery (Maggie Foch) or his having become a lawman? All you knew was Cully had a grudge against Jim Flannery and he was itching to get it out of his system.Inevitably, the outlaws and the Bhumers cross paths more than once; Lolly (Miller) wasn't going to let her man get away. During the Apache attack, keep an eye on the Indian Cully shoots at the top of a rocky outcrop; he gives a slightly noticeable push with his legs as he goes over the cliff. Heading for the finale, I thought sure Cully would ditch Miss Lolly, but she won out in the final showdown when Sheriff Flannery showed up one last time.Rounding out the cast are Cully's sidekicks Dutch (John McIntire), Bronco (George Nader) and the always reliable Jay Silverheels as tracker Yaqui. Silverheels is a lot more colorful here than his better known character Tonto. Adding to his persona was an amusing attempt at using a Spanish accent, which sounded different every time he spoke. Too bad though, none of the gang made it to the end of the picture.