Death of a Gunfighter (1969)
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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Richard Widmark
as Marshal Frank Patch
as Marshal Frank Patch
Lena Horne
as Claire Quintana
as Claire Quintana
Carroll O'Connor
as Lester Locke
as Lester Locke
David Opatoshu
as Edward Rosenbloom
as Edward Rosenbloom
Kent Smith
as Andrew Oxley
as Andrew Oxley
Jacqueline Scott
as Laurie Mills
as Laurie Mills
Morgan Woodward
as Ivan Stanek
as Ivan Stanek
Larry Gates
as Mayor Chester Sayre
as Mayor Chester Sayre
Dub Taylor
as Doc Adams
as Doc Adams
John Saxon
as Lou Trinidad
as Lou Trinidad
Darleen Carr
as Hilda Jorgenson
as Hilda Jorgenson
Michael McGreevey
as Dan Joslin
as Dan Joslin
Royal Dano
as Arch Brandt
as Arch Brandt
Jimmy Lydon
as Luke Mills
as Luke Mills
Kathleen Freeman
as Mary Elizabeth
as Mary Elizabeth
Harry Carey, Jr.
as Rev. Cork
as Rev. Cork
Amy Thomson
as Angela
as Angela
Mercer Harris
as Will Oxley
as Will Oxley
James O'Hara
as Father Sweeney
as Father Sweeney
Walter Sande
as Paul Hammond
as Paul Hammond
Victor French
as Phil Miller
as Phil Miller
Robert Sorrells
as Chris Hogg
as Chris Hogg
Charles Kuenstle
as Roy Brandt
as Roy Brandt
Sara Taft
as Mexican Woman
as Mexican Woman
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Andrew Jackson
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Richard E. Lyons
Producer
Producer
Alexander Golitzen
Art Direction
Art Direction
Howard E. Johnson
Art Direction
Art Direction
Robert F. Shugrue
Editor
Editor
Robert Totten
Director
Director
Joseph Calvelli
Screenplay
Screenplay
Lewis B. Patten
Novel
Novel
Sandy Grace
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
Melvin M. Metcalfe Sr.
Sound
Sound
Kenneth L. Grossman
Unit Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Waldon O. Watson
Sound
Sound
Helen Colvig
Costume Design
Costume Design
Stanley Wilson
Music Supervisor
Music Supervisor
Joe Boston
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Makeup Artist
Larry Germain
Hairstylist
Hairstylist
John McCarthy Jr.
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
Oliver Nelson
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Alan Smithee
Director
Director
Don Siegel
Director
Director
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