Richard Widmark
Marshal Frank Patch
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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.
- (1.6K)
- Drama, Western
- Don Siegel, Robert Totten
- 1969-05-08
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.
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A rare Western that depicts a Western town in transition, with diverse characters and a complex plot. Richard Widmark stars as a marshal who faces a dilemma when a gunfighter dies in his town.
Death of a Gunfighter. Town fathers run out of nice ways to get rid of an old-style marshal (Richard Widmark) in the name of progress.
- (6)
- Don Siegel
- PG
- Richard Widmark
Film Details. Also Known As. Patch, The Last Gunfighter. MPAA Rating. Genre. Adaptation. Western. Release Date. Jan 1969. Premiere Information. Chicago opening: 8 May 1969. Production Company. Universal Pictures. Country. United States. Screenplay Information. Based on the novel Death of a Gunfighter by Lewis B. Patten (New York, 1968).
Summaries. 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 ...
