 Two of his novels, "Judas Gun" and "Rio Bravo", were made into movies ("Vivo per la tua Morte, 1968 Italy, A Long Ride from Hell, in the U.S.A.", "Oregon Passage (1957 film)", respectively).One of his short stories ("Silent Reckoning") became the movie "The Lonesome Trail" (1955).Gordon Shirreffs was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1914, soon after his mother emigrated from Scotland.