robert mitchum star a clint tollinger in this short but tough western represent man with the gun . tollinger be a professional town tamer a in and when a town need someone to save itself while he be the one who be bring in to do it . tollinger late gig come by a an accident represent stroll into town look for his former fling and he stumble into a town be play like a puppet by a local western gangster . but many townspeople begin to rue the day they hire tollinger and a his way of clean up the town become very taxing ( suddenly high plain drifter seem less original ) . man with the gun start off a an average western tough guy film but begin to surprise you more and more a the film progress . what start off a forgettable and run of the mill end up dark and character center . the entire film be very well shot and the cast be very enjoyable . mitchum be his usual excellent self here in man with the gun not one of his very best performance and mitchum still have his classic and effective tough guy screen presence in high gear and he knock the action pack and meaningful and and shock scene of the film right out of the park . man with the gun be a nice mitchum western and be easily worth one time .