The Shooter 1997

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Topic: Film "The Shooter" (1997).
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Title: The Shooter
Year: 1997
Release Date (US): 10/23/1997
Genre: Western
Runtime: 1h 31m
Director: Fred Olen Ray
Cast: Michael Dudikoff, Randy Travis, Valerie Wildman
Synopsis: Small town in the early west. A shooter of reputation drifts in and stands up to a controlling family. He is caught, brutally beaten, and left to die. He is saved by a prostitute who also suffered under the group of desperados. The only one possible to stand up to him is another solitary man who joins the family and is deputized as the town's sheriff.
Draft 1 (Mental Outline):
The Shooter is a 1997 Western film directed by Fred Olen Ray. Released in the United States on October 23, 1