Death of a Gunfighter

In Theaters

April 25, 1969

Runtime: 1h 34m

Death of a Gunfighter
EnglishWestern

In the turn-of-the century Texas town of Cottonwood 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. That ask for Patch's resignation, but he refuses on the basis that the town, on hiring him, had promised him the job for as long as he wanted it. 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 themselves of the unwanted lawman.

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Cast & Crew

  • Richard Widmark

    Richard Widmark

    Marshal Frank Patch

  • Lena Horne

    Lena Horne

    Claire Quintana

  • Carroll O'Connor

    Carroll O'Connor

    Lester Locke

  • David Opatoshu

    David Opatoshu

    Edward Rosenbloom

  • Kent Smith

    Kent Smith

    Andrew Oxley

  • Jacqueline Scott

    Jacqueline Scott

    Laurie Mills

  • Morgan Woodward

    Morgan Woodward

    Ivan Stanek

  • Larry Gates

    Larry Gates

    Mayor Chester Sayre

  • Dub Taylor

    Dub Taylor

    Doc Adams

  • John Saxon

    John Saxon

    Lou Trinidad

  • Darleen Carr

    Darleen Carr

    Hilda Jorgenson

  • Michael McGreevey

    Michael McGreevey

    Dan Joslin

  • Royal Dano

    Royal Dano

    Arch Brandt

  • Jimmy Lydon

    Jimmy Lydon

    Luke Mills

  • Kathleen Freeman

    Kathleen Freeman

    Mary Elizabeth

  • Harry Carey, Jr.

    Harry Carey, Jr.

    Rev. Cork

  • AT

    Amy Thomson

    Angela

  • MH

    Mercer Harris

    Will Oxley

  • Robert Totten

    Robert Totten

    Director

  • AS

    Alan Smithee

    Director

  • Don Siegel

    Don Siegel

    Director

  • JC

    Joseph Calvelli

    Screenplay

Media

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