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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 Death of a Gunfighter by Lewis B. Patten, this movie feels like Hollywood realizing that some of the better Westerns were coming from other countries, mostly Italy, at this point.
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- Don Siegel
- PG
- Richard Widmark
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.
Death of a Gunfighter (1969) - Turner Classic Movies. 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.
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.
