Death of a Gunfighter
“Marshall Patch... he lived by the law of the gun...”
1969•PG•1h 34m•6.3•Released
Western
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.
Director
Robert Totten
Writer
Joseph Calvelli
Languages
English
Studio
Universal Pictures
Cast
Richard Widmark
Marshal Frank Patch
Lena Horne
Claire Quintana
Carroll O'Connor
Lester Locke
David Opatoshu
Edward Rosenbloom
Kent Smith
Andrew Oxley
Jacqueline Scott
Laurie Mills
Morgan Woodward
Ivan Stanek
Larry Gates
Mayor Chester Sayre
Dub Taylor
Doc Adams
John Saxon
Lou Trinidad
Darleen Carr
Hilda Jorgenson
Michael McGreevey
Dan Joslin
Royal Dano
Arch Brandt
Jimmy Lydon
Luke Mills
Kathleen Freeman
Mary Elizabeth
Production
Company
Universal Pictures
Producer
Richard E. Lyons
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