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Death of a Gunfighter is a 1969 American Western film directed by Robert Totten and Don Siegel. It stars Richard Widmark and Lena Horne . and features an original score by Oliver Nelson . The theme of the film is the "passing" of the West, the clash between a traditional character and the politics and demands of modern society.
- Richard E. Lyons
- Oliver Nelson
- Universal Pictures
Death of a Gunfighter: Directed by Don Siegel, Robert Totten. With Richard Widmark, Lena Horne, Carroll O'Connor, David Opatoshu. A Texas town's council fires the town's old-fashioned marshal who refuses to resign, thus leading to violence from both sides.
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Roy Brandt. Sara Taft. ... Mexican Woman. Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Don Anderson. ... Bartender (uncredited) Danny Borzage.
Rated 3/5 Stars • 01/19/23. Don Siegel. Director. Richard Widmark. Marshal Frank Patch. Lena Horne. Claire Quintana. Carroll O'Connor. Lester Locke.
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- Don Siegel
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- Richard Widmark
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Based on the novel by. Lewis B. Patten. "Death of a Gunfighter" is quite an extraordinary western. It's one of those rare attempts (the last was "Will Penny") to populate the West with real people living in real historical time. Most Westerns could take place anywhere, anytime, if the cliches hold out.
A Texas town's council fires the town's old-fashioned marshal who refuses to resign, thus leading to violence from both sides. In the turn-of-the century Texas town of Cottownwood Springs, marshal Frank Patch is an old-style lawman in a town determined to become modern. When he kills drunken Luke Mills in self-defense, the town leaders decide ...
Brief Synopsis. Read More. Even though Marshal Frank Patch has kept the peace in Cottonwood Springs for over twenty years, he is now the laughing stock of the town liberals who want some new blood in the Marshall's Office. When Patch shoots the drunken Luke Mills in self-defense they get the excuse they had been waiting for.
