Death of a Gunfighter (Patch)
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Death of a Gunfighter
8 years, 10 months ago at Jun 30 2:48
I think there’s more good than bad here, and the good is very good, even if what’s bad is highly distracting. Death of a Gunfighter tells the story of the passing of the Old West into mythology, through the literal death of the last symbol of the era. This shouldn’t come as a surprise, the title is exactly what the film is about.Beginning production under the guiding hand of ... read more
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Famed anonymous director Alan Smithee (in this case a hybrid of Richard Totten and Don Siegel), directed this turgid western drama concerning Marshal Frank Patch (Richard Widmark), who, even though he has kept the peace in Cottonwood Springs for over twenty years, is now considered a local joke by the town liberals who want some new blood in the Marshall's Office. They get it when Patch shoots the drunken Luke Mills (James Lydon) in self-defense. Now the forces of progress really want Patch out. So much so that the local newspaper editor, Andrew Oxley (Kent Smith) demands his resignation. Patch not only refuses to quit but disgr
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Release date: 8 May 1969
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