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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.
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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- Drama, Western
- Don Siegel, Robert Totten
- 1969-05-08
Death of a Gunfighter (1969) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Death of a Gunfighter. Action. ‧ PG ‧ 1969. Roger Ebert. May 12, 1969. 3 min read. “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.
Donald Siegel, director of Escape from Alcatraz, Dirty Harry, Two Mules for Sister Sarah, The Beguiled, No Time for Flowers, and The Verdict, delivers Death of a Gunfighter. The storyline...
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- Don Siegel
- PG
- Richard Widmark
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 it's time for a change.
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.
