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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

94%

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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®

94%

Reviews

Sunday Times (UK)

Dilys Powell

I won’t say the film is uninteresting. But the tension of waiting for a foreseen climax is not what it should be -- partly because Gregory Peck arouses no very profound sympathy for the central character.

It’s a Western noir, a mix of two genres that came in the 1950s and steered away from the heroic side of cowboys and lawmen.

Henry King's film takes the popular motif of the sharp-shooter and examines the consequences of their life choices.

January 7, 2022

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