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Name: The Gunfighter
Released: 1950-6-23
Cast: Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Millard Mitchell, Jean Parker, Karl Malden

The Gunfighter

NR
1h 25m
1950

100%

age 10+

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Aging gunslinger Jimmy Ringo is tired of killing, tired of the life he has lived; but everywhere he goes, he is recognized as the fastest gun in the west and must deal with young punks who want to challenge him. After winning yet another tiresome challenge, Ringo - despite the warning of old friend Marshall Strett - goes home to visit his estranged wife, Peggy, and the son he never knew.

Director:

Henry King

Producer:

Nunnally Johnson

Writer:

William Bowers, William Sellers

Cast:

Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Millard Mitchell, Jean Parker, Karl Malden

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

100%

Reviews

Film Frenzy

Matt Brunson

One of the seminal films (along with the string of Anthony Mann-James Stewart collaborations) that signaled the maturation of the Western genre.

October 30, 2020

FULL REVIEW

Combustible Celluloid

Jeffrey M. Anderson

It has enough grit to make it seem like a model hybrid of respectable and genuine.

One of the best westerns from the 1950s - a decade replete with magnificent westerns.

"The Gunfighter" is an early example of a new style of dark, nihilistic westerns, which examined the deeper mythology of the outlaw. The infamous Ringo returns to his hometown to reclaim a sense of morality and calm.

It's expertly assembled classic western fodder, and the template for every elegiac "retired killer" movie to come - from Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven to Hugh Jackman in Logan.

May 24, 2018

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