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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
Death of a Gunfighter (1969) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Town fathers run out of nice ways to get rid of an old-style marshal (Richard Widmark) in the name of progress.
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- Don Siegel
- PG
- Richard Widmark
Oct 18, 2011 · Afraid for the town's future and even more afraid of the fact that Marshal Patch knows all the town's dark secrets, the city fathers decide that old-style violence is the only way to rid ...
- 2 min
- 28.8K
- Umbrella Entertainment
"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.
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.
