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Death of a Gunfighter
Death of a Gunfighter

Death of a Gunfighter

Marshall Patch... he lived by the law of the gun...

Genres

Western

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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. 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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

94 mins

Rating

6.2/10

Release Date

08 May 1969

Country

United States of America

Cast

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

Amy Thomson

Amy Thomson

Angela

Mercer Harris

Mercer Harris

Will Oxley

James O'Hara

James O'Hara

Father Sweeney

Walter Sande

Walter Sande

Paul Hammond

Victor French

Victor French

Phil Miller

Robert Sorrells

Robert Sorrells

Chris Hogg

Charles Kuenstle

Charles Kuenstle

Roy Brandt

Sara Taft

Sara Taft

Mexican Woman

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