Stills of Other Western Movie Gambling Scenes

Tex Harding in "Frontier Gunlaw" (1946), a movie in the Durango Kid series (per writing on the back of the 8x10 still, which I own).  I added the two chip catalog pictures in the upper left of the top still.  The close-up (lower scan) shows chips of those two designs.  The Steer Head one is easiest to see at the lower right and near the fingers in the center of the scan.  This is one of the only movie posters I have ever seen showing the design of engraved-style poker chips.  (Note: those two chips were probably made later than the period of the movie, but they are still late 19th century engraved-style clay chips.)

Ralph Forbes in "Trail of 98" (1928) is sweeping playing cards and chips into a pile. The film is about the Alaskan Klondike Gold Rush.

You Brynner (on left, with the most chips) in "Invitation to a Gunfighter" (1964).

Robert Foster (seated in center) in Cecil B DeMille's "Union Pacific" (1939).

Richard Boone (right), at roulette wheel, in "Rio Conchos" (1964).

Richard Arlen in "Black Spurs" (1965).

Mike Connors in "Stagecoach" (1966), a remake of the classic John Wayne-John Ford western. "A group of unlikely traveling companions find themselves on the same stagecoach to Cheyenne. They include a drunken doctor, a bar girl who's been thrown out of town, a professional gambler [Conners], a traveling liquor salesman, a banker who has decided to embezzle money, a gunslinger out for revenge and a young woman going to join her army captain husband. All have secrets but when they are set upon by an Indian war party and then a family of outlaws, they find they must all work together if they are to stay alive," per IMDb.

Cowboy star BUCK JONES (far right) at a gambling table, in "The Deadline" (1931). EDWARD LESAINT is third from the right. -----------------------------------------
Rory Calhoun clicking chips in "Dawn at Socorro" (1954). "Brett Wade, gambler, gunslinger, and classical pianist, is wounded in a gunfight with the Ferris clan; the doctor finds signs of tuberculosis. En route to Colorado for his health, Brett stops in Socorro, New Mexico along with Ferris gunfighter Jimmy Rapp. Sheriff Couthen fears another shootout, but what Brett has in mind is saving waif-with-a-past Rannah Hayes from a life as one of Dick Braden's saloon girls. ," per IMDb.
Burt Lancaster (4th from left) leaning over roulette table in "THE KENTUCKIAN" (1955). "A frontiersman in 1820s Kentucky finds the area too civilized for his tastes, so he makes plans for he and his son to leave for the wild Texas country. However, he buys an indentured servant along the way, and her presence throws a monkey wrench into his plans.," per IMDb.
Stacey Keach playing poker in "Doc" (1971). "This 8" x 10" full color glossy shows Keach busting a poker cheater ." Revisionist history.  Keach plays Doc Holliday.

Richard Boone (4th left) and Leo Gordon (2nd right) in "Ten Wanted Men" (1955), a Randolph Scott Western. "When John Stewart [Scott] gives refuge to Wick Campbell's [Boone] girl friend, Campbell turns against him. He rustles Stewart's cattle, murders his brother, and brings in hired guns. Then he and his men pin Stewart and a few others down in a house apparently killing them. But Stewart has escaped and returns alone to rid the town of Campbell and his men. ," per IMDb. ---------------------------
LEE VAN CLEEF (far left, back/shoulder to camera), DENVER PYLE (second from the left, white hair). Standing are KEN MURRAY ( high hat), ANDY DEVINE (sheriff's badge) and STROTHER MARTIN (on the right, foreground) in "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962) "When Senator Ransom Stoddard returns home to Shinbone for the funeral of Tom Doniphon, he recounts to a local newspaper editor the story behind it all.," per IMDb
Chad Everett (left-most at table) and  Gary Merrill (right-most at table) playing deadly poker game in good Western "The Last Challenge" (1967). Young Chad Everett arrives in town to challenge sheriff Glenn Ford to shoot-out to prove who is fastest. Angie Dickinson, Ford's girlfriend, is worried for him and interferes, losing his affection.
"The Last Challenge."Aftermath  of the scene just above. Chad Everett character has shot dead the Gary Merrill character.

The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937) saloon scene with faro game in progress. Preston Foster, Jean Muir and Van Heflin star in this second of the four filmings of Bret Harte's best-known Gold Rush mining story.  I am delighted to finally find a gambling scene still from this famous movie.  None of the lobby cards from it has gambling scenes. "A California mining camp is plagued by a series of murders. Four people come under suspicion for the killings and are run out of the camp. During a blizzard they take refuge in an isolated cabin, and conflicts begin to break out among them.," per IMDb.
Scene from "Buckskin" (1968).  I include the still here  because of the rarely seen chuck-a-luck layout.  Part of wheel shown at left. A marshal goes up against a crooked gambler and his henchmen who control a western town, but meets resistance from the local townspeople when he asks for their help., per IMDb. Imprssive cast, but I don't recognize anyone in still. "BUCKSKIN. A Paramount Picture, an A C Lyles Production in 1968 with a cast including Barry Sullivan, Joan Caulfield, Wendell Corey, Lon Chaney, John Russell, Barbara Hale, Barton MacLane, Bill Williams, Richard Arlen, Leo Gordon, Gerald Michenaud, George Chandler, Aki Aleong, Emile Meyer, Robert Riordan, Craig Littler, Michael Larrain, James X. Mitchell, Le Roy Johnson, and Manuela Thiess."
"George O'Brien Casino Robbery Scene" at faro table in unidentified movie.  He is grabbing a bag of money from the chip rack.
Rod Cameron (center, black outfit) and Yvonne De Carlo at roulette table in "Frontier Gal" (1945). "She's the boss:Yvonne De Carlo runs the saloon and she reigns over men till a stranger comes .So begins an offbeat story, part western, with plenty of chases, part musical (even the daughter pulls her little tune ), part comedy. There are lots of domestic quarrels on an eventful wedding night,and it seems that the husband has the upper hand every time.," per IMDb.
James Craig (center w/ white hat) at roulette wheel in "Northwest Rangers" (1942). (The still has been cropped at the top.)
Dennis Morgan (center) playing poker in Cheyenne" (1947). (The still has been cropped at the top.)
Fuzzy Knight playing poker with Chinese chef, Chester Gan, as pretty cowgirl Kathryn Adams looks on in "Rawhide Rangers" (1941). Note the Chinese guy holding 4 aces in his right hand.
The Range Busters (Ray 'Crash' Corrigan, Dennis Moore, and Max 'Alibi' Terhune) are playing faro in "Land of Hunted Men" (1943).
Jim Davis (right) in "The Gambler Wore a Gun" (1961). "The professional gambler Case Silverthorn wants to quit and retire to a small ranch in Marlpine he bought recently. On the way there he saves the Sheriff's life, who got into an ambush. However another man is dead - Will Donovan, from whom he bought the ranch! Neither the Sheriff nor Donovan's children know about the sale. So Case has to switch back to his former profession, while he tries to clarify the situation. He comes across a group of cattle thieves," per IMDb.
"Burt Berger gets the drop on a couple of cheating gamblers " in "Peace For a Gunfighter" (1965). "Tired of his past and reputation, gunfighter seeks peace in a small town disguised as a preacher.," per IMDb.
Tom London and others in "Trail of Kit Carson" (1945). The still here is from a 1954 re-release.  London is seated at the right, wearing a black tie. He us listed in the Guiness Book of World Records for having appeared in more films than any other actor (into the thousands), per IMDb. IMDb lists him in 622  movies and TV shows, from 1903 to 1963, mostly in low-budget Westerns.  I remember him mostly as  Helen Ramírez' (played by Katy Jurado) employee in "High Noon."  He asked her if she wanted him to help Marshal Will Kane (Gary Cooper) face the bad guys, and she softly said "No."  He was the only one in the movie willing to help Kane. Note the names  of other actors written in the upper margin.
Charles Bronson (center) playing poker in "Breakheart Pass" (1975).  "Train with medical supplies and small U.S. Army unit is heading through Rocky mountains towards plagued Fort Humboldt. Among its passengers are territory governor, priest, doctor and U.S. Marshal  with his prisoner, John Deakin (Bronson). However, nothing on that train is what it seems. ," per IMDb. Picture is from an 8 x 10 British lobby card, also known as Front of House/ FOH card in the UK.
Bill Elliott (guy in white hat, center left) and Tex Ritter (white hat, center right) in "Vengeance of the West" (1942; re-released in 1955). "The last entry in Columbia's series co-starring Bill Elliott and Tex Ritter (who departed for the corrals at Republic and Universal), and a remake of 1931's "The Avenger" with Buck Jones.," per IMDb. --------------------------------------
Sterling Hayden and Pamela Duncan at poker table in "Gun Battle at Monterey" (1957).
Jodie Foster, Mel Gibson and James Garner (l to r) at poker table in "Maverick" (1994). "Maverick is recreated from the character James Garner created in the 1950s TV program. Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them. He needs an additional three thousand dollars in order to enter a Winner Take All poker game that begins in a few days. He tries to win some, tries to collect a few debts, and recover a little loot for the reward, all with a light hearted air. He joins forces with a woman gambler with a marvelous, though fake, southern accent as the two both try and enter the game. ," per IMDb.
Bill Elliott at poker table in "Hellfire" (1949). "Zeb Smith is a gambler with a larcenous streak, but when an itinerant preacher takes a bullet meant for him, Zeb vows to fulfill the preacher's mission of building a church. Frustrated in his attempts to get donations, Zeb attempts to capture fugitive Doll Brown in order to obtain the reward. But he finds that there's more to Doll than meets the eye. When his old friend Bucky McLean shows up gunning for Doll, Zeb sees a chance to redeem them all... one way or another.," per IMDb.
William Boyd as Hopalong Cassidy in "Borderland" (1937). "Officials on both sides of the border are after an outlaw gang led by the Fox. They devise a plan where Hoppy is supposedly kicked out of the Rangers to become an outcast. When the Fox shoots his own gang leader, the famous ex-ranger Hoppy is recruited to replace him. Hoppy eventually realizes that the Fox is posing as the town idiot Loco. But the Fox is also on to Hoppy and uses Windy and little Molly to set a trap to for him.," per IMDb.
Don Murray next to Abby Dalton in "The Plainsman" (1966). "Calamity Jane tries to help Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickock stop an Indian war. ," per IMDb.
Buck Jones  in "Stone of Silver Creek" (1935). "Stone runs an honest saloon and gives Mason back his money two card sharps take from him. The Reverend overhears the two plan to get the money back. He is on hand when they make their raid but they shoot him and take off with the money. Stone catches up with them but is in trouble when they outmaneuver him.," per IMDb.

Robert Strauss (with cigar; played "Animal" in "Stalag 17")  and James Griffith (far left, left still) at chuck-a-luck table in " Frontier Gun" (1958).

 

Robert Walker, Jr. (left) in "Young Billy Young" (1969).

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