Gunman's Walk (1958) Hunter on the Gunman's Walk Lee, you and I grew up in our own times - Ed's got to learn to grow up in his, and times have changed! - Will Motely If you are new to the western genre and just got use to the fact that many 50s westerns were little more than quickly produced tales because the public love a hero on a horse I urge you to watch "Gunman's Walk". It may not look like the most spectacular of westerns and the storyline of two rival brothers doesn't do it justice because in reality this is less to do with rival brothers than one brother who is tired of living in the shadow of their father. And it is a stunning performance from Tab Hunter as the angry brother whose constant battle to be the best and better than everyone especially his father is what makes it so good, seething, jealous, and frustrated this is a character who you feel the hatred lying inside. That isn't to say the rest of the movie and performance are poor, far from it but Tab Hunter embodies everything about a son tired of living in his father's shadow. Ed ( Tab Hunter - The Burning Hills ) and Davy Hackett (James Darren) are brothers who have been raised to be cowboys by their father Lee Hackett ( Van Heflin - Shane ) who having established himself in the days where gun law ruled raised them in