The Gunfighter

Name: The Gunfighter
Genre: Western
Released: June 23, 1950
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 94
Cast: Anthony Ross, Ellen Corby, Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Jean Parker

1950

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Twentieth Century Fox | Release Date: June 23, 1950 | TV-PG

Starring: Anthony Ross, Ellen Corby, Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Jean Parker, Karl Malden, Millard Mitchell, Richard Jaeckel, Skip Homeier, Verna Felton

Summary: Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for trouble, but trouble finds him around every corner.

Director: Henry King

Genre(s): Western

Rating: TV-PG

Runtime: 85 min

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TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

An arresting, superbly produced and downbeat Western photographed in stark black and white, The Gunfighter presents an unglorified view of the Old West as a grim, dirty and decidedly desperate place. Read full review

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Ken Tucker

A ruthlessly heartbreaking tale of a famous gunslinger (Gregory Peck in a black mustache and a little black hat) grown weary of facing down an increasingly young bunch of challengers to his quick-draw supremacy. Read full review

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Staff (Not Credited)

Magnificently directed and shot (by Arthur Miller), flawlessly acted by Peck and a superb cast, governed by an almost Langian sense of fate, it's a film that has the true dimensions of tragedy. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

The Gunfighter is a sock melodrama of the old west. There's never a sag or off moment in the footage as it goes about depicting a lightning draw artist, the fastest man with a gun in the old west, and what his special ability has done to his life. Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

One of the earliest and best antiwesterns, made before the subgenre became self-conscious about critiquing the standard myths. Some that followed are merely contrary; this has the ring of truth. Read full review

Bosley Crowther

One of the tautest and most stimulating Westerns of the year. Read full review

Empire Staff (Not Credited)

Peck's tired resignation, and the authentic atmosphere and building tension make for a compelling retribution drama of the West. Read full review

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