Cattle King
# Cattle King

Cattle King is a 1963 American Western film directed by Tay Garnett. It stars Robert Taylor and Robert Loggia. It was also known by the alternative title of Guns of Wyoming in some countries.

## Plot

A range war is building in Wyoming. Caught on opposite sides are Sam Brassfield, who builds fences to protect his grass land, and Clay Mathews, a cattle baron determined to keep an open range.

Both men argue their case before the cattlemen's association to President Chester A. Arthur, who happens to be in Cheyenne for a visit. A hired gun of Mathews picks a fight with Brassfield's top man, Johnny Quatro, in a saloon, then vows revenge after Brassfield intervenes.

Brassfield proposes marriage to Sharleen Travers, who runs a neighboring ranch with her brother Harry. At first the spineless Harry sides with Mathews, but after a scolding from his sister, he apologizes to Brassfield. A while thereafter, the hired gun Bodine shoots and wounds the unarmed Harry, then kills Sharleen in cold blood.

Another rancher mistakenly blames Brassfield for a raid that Matthews ordered. He changes sides after overhearing Brassfield speak on his behalf to the President. In a final showdown, Brassfield urges Mathews to keep the dispute between themselves, then outdraws Mathews in a gunfight. Bodine also pulls a gun, but Quatro shoots him down.

## Cast

* Robert Taylor as Sam Brassfield
* Robert Loggia as Johnny Quatro
* Joan Caulfield as Sharleen Travers
* Robert Middleton as Clay Mathews
* Larry Gates as President Chester A. Arthur
* Malcolm Atterbury as Abe Clevenger
* William Windom as Harry Travers
* Virginia Christine as Ruth Winters
* Richard Devon as Vince Bodine
* Ray Teal as Ed Winters
* Bob Ivers as Webb Carter
* Maggie Pierce as June Carter
* Woodrow Parfrey as Stafford
* Richard Tretter as Hobie Renton
* John Mitchum as Tex

## Box office

According to MGM records, the film earned $435,000 in the US and Canada and $650,000 elsewhere resulting in a gain of $20,000.

