Just watched this on TV. Title should have been: "Colt .44"! Every pistol or revolver in the movie, and there were plenty, were ALL cap & ball and not a single cartridge handgun. A Colt .45 is a cartridge introduced in 1873 and used in Colt SAA revolvers, not a one was seen in this film. Please do a little of your own research in order to verify my claim. Thank you.

Sometimes it sucks to be a cowboy hero. In this film, Randolph Scott can't catch any breaks in the first few minutes of the film. First, when the evil baddie Zachary Scott escapes after killing the sheriff, the townspeople lock up Randolph--even though he did nothing and Zachary stole his prize revolvers. Second, after he finally is released because there is no evidence against him, Randolph jumps into the middle of a stage robbery and saves the day...only to have the lady on board steal his horse! Like I said, sometimes it sucks to be the cowboy hero! The rest of the film consists of Randolph trying to track down the gang and make them pay. The only problem is that practically everyone is too stupid to realize who is the real gang leader, so often it's up to our hero to do much of the hero-stuff alone or with the help of his Indian friends.The movie suffers from one too many cases of "he appears to be _________ but is actually __________". This happens four different times--a town sheriff who appears interested in law and order who is actually a member of the gang, a lady who appears to be working for the gang but is only interested in saving her husband, the husband who appears to be prisoner of the gang but is actually a willing member of the gang and Randolph who is accused of being with the gang but is actually a hero. This is just way too contrived and happens too often--making the film seem very sloppy. While you can always count on a Randolph Scott film to be entertaining and reasonably well made, this one is clearly one of his lesser films due to the improbable writing and predictability. It seems like I've seen the final scene with Zachary Scott leaving the jail about 157 times in the past!!!For fans of Randolph Scott, it's worth seeing. For others, it's really just another time-passer.

Colt 45 is certainly a lite western for RS but nevertheless is worth a shot. What I found most interesting are how many familiar actors from later big movies make their lesser screen appearances here. Ruth Roman is the only female in the picture and has everybody's attention. She even manages to throw some dirt at and a knockout of RS. Probably the only time this has happened to Scott on screen. She is a few years ahead of Far Country with Jimmy Stewart. Walter Coy, Aaron Edwards in The Searchers, has an uncredited role here that you'd have to Search for. Lloyd Bridges predates his paranoid role in High Noon with a complete weasel of a character here. The catch of the day is Ian McDonald playing Miller here, a member of Zachary Scott's gang; later as Frank Miller in High Noon.As for the flick, Scott looks clean shaven even after forty days of soft time in jail. Brother Zachary looks like a very light weight Clark Gable. The sexual symbolism is a little too obvious here but for young kids it was all surely missed. Just relieved that RS is clearly interested in Roman with Ruth more than his colts. This is one western where the Indians (unnnamed tribe) are the good guys. It's not The Tall T or Commanche Station but if you are a fan of RS, and I certainly am, you can't miss with a Colt 45.

Colt.45 is a classic action western with comic strip heroics. It's not meant to be a serious western but a rip roaring shoot 'em up. The plotting is superb with great characters. I love it when the Indian chief says: 'indians can be so quiet.' Zachary Scott is a real slimy villain whose tendencies borders on psychotic. The way his cheek just twitches and he cold-bloodedly shoots Lloyd bridges is great. Randolph Scott is in fine form here and i always preferred his pre-Boeticher westerns. His warner Bro. stuff was exciting and lacking in the long drawn out talk his Boeticher westerns seemed to have. Colt.45 is a fine example of the kind of westerns i love and i can say with sadness that they unfortunately don't make it like 'em afore.'