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Death of a Gunfighter is a american film of genre Action directed by Don Siegel released in USA on 8 may 1969 with Richard Widmark

Death of a Gunfighter (1969)

Death of a Gunfither

Death of a Gunfighter
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Released in USA 8 may 1969
Length 1h31
Directed by ,    
OriginUSA
Genres Action,    Western
Rating62% 3.100553.100553.100553.100553.10055

Death of a Gunfighter is a 1969 Western film. It is most notable for the first use of the pseudonymous Allen Smithee directorial credit. 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.

Synopsis

In the town of Cottonwood Springs, Texas at the turn of the century, Marshal Frank Patch is an Old West style lawman in a community determined to be modern. When Patch kills drunken Luke Mills in self-defense, the town decides it is time for the marshal to resign. But Patch refuses, reminding the citizens that when he took he job, the agreement was he could have it as long as he wanted. Afraid of Patch because of his knowledge of their misdeeds in the town's wilder days, the city fathers then decide the only way to remove Patch from office is by violence.

Actors

Richard Widmark

(Marshal Frank Patch)
Lena Horne

(Claire Quintana)
Carroll O'Connor

(Lester Locke)
Kent Smith

(Andrew Oxley)
Jacqueline Scott

(Laurie Mills)
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