Rent Death of a Gunfighter (1969)
3.3 of 5 from 50 ratings
1h 30min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- After 20 years of service, Marshal Frank Patch (Richard Widmark) is betrayed by the very town he worked so hard to protect in 'Death of a Gunfighter'. The small Western town of Cottonwood Springs is changing and Patch is no longer respected by the people. After Patch kills a man in self-defense, the town leaders decide it is time to remove the Marshal from his position. Refusing to give in to their demands, the tension escalates between Patch and the people of the town leading to a violent and shocking end.
- Actors:
- Richard Widmark, Lena Horne, Carroll O'Connor, David Opatoshu, Kent Smith, Jacqueline Scott, Morgan Woodward, Larry Gates, Dub Taylor, John Saxon, Darleen Carr, Michael McGreevey, Royal Dano, Jimmy Lydon, Kathleen Freeman, Harry Carey Jr., Amy Thomson, Mercer Harris, James O'Hara, Walter Sande
- Directors:
- Don Siegel, Robert Totten, Alan Smithee
- Producers:
- Richard E. Lyons
- Writers:
- Joseph Calvelli, Lewis B. Patten
- Aka:
- Patch / The Last Gunfighter
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics
- Collections:
- Cinema Paradiso's 2024 Centenary Club: Part 2
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 27/02/2023
- Run Time:
- 94 minutes
- Languages:
- English Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with screenwriter and novelist C Courtney Joyner and film historian Henry Parke (2023)
- Man Out of Time (2023, 22 mins): Film Historian Neil Sinyard discusses the film's complex production history
- Siren Song (2023, 24 mins): Richard Dyer, author of 'Stars', considers the career of the actor, singer and activist Lena Horne
- Excercise No. One (1962, 10 mins): rare short film based on the Ira Wolfert short story 'Off the Highway' and starring Richard Widmark, made by students of USC's Cinema Department under the supervision of Fred Zinnemann
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
