Death of a Gunfighter
Marshall Patch... he lived by the law of the gun...
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
94 min
Release Date
1969-05-08
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
37
Vote Average
6.4
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
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Jimmy Lydon
Luke Mills
Kathleen Freeman
Mary Elizabeth
Harry Carey, Jr.
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Amy Thomson
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Mercer Harris
Will Oxley
James O'Hara
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Paul Hammond
Victor French
Phil Miller
Robert Sorrells
Chris Hogg
Charles Kuenstle
Roy Brandt
Sara Taft
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