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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.
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
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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.
1h 34m. Sound. Mono (Westrex Recording System) Color. Color (Technicolor) For 20 years, Marshal Frank Patch has maintained law and order in the Western town of Cottonwood Springs, but now, as the citizens begin to think of themselves as "progressives," he is looked upon as an anachronism. Only his longtime mistress, Claire Quintana, owner of ...
- Allen Smithee, Joe Boston
- Richard Widmark
Death of a Gunfighter. PG 1969 1h 34m Western List. 83% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 54% Audience Score 50+ Ratings. Town fathers run out of nice ways to get rid of an old-style marshal (Richard Widmark ...
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- Western
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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 ...
