Death of a Gunfighter

Overview

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.

Movie details

Release date

1969

Runtime

1h 34m

Genres

Western

Status

Released

Original language

EN

Country

United States of America

Director

Robert Totten

Production

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