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The Gunfighter
The Gunfighter is a 1950 American Western film directed by Henry King and starring Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Millard Mitchell and Karl Malden. It was written by screenwriters William Bowers and William Sellers, with an uncredited rewrite by writer and producer Nunnally Johnson, from a story by Bowers, Roger Corman and Andre de Toth. The film was the second of King's six collaborations with Peck.
The film was nominated for Best Motion Picture Story for William Bowers and Andre de Toth during the 23rd Academy Awards.
A young, reckless cowboy named Eddie deliberately provokes an argument with notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo, who is widely known as the fastest draw in the West, making him the target of young gunslingers eager to become famous. When Eddie draws his pistol, Ringo has no choice but to kill him. Eddie's three brothers seek revenge and pursue Ringo as he leaves town. Ringo ambushes and disarms them before driving away with their horses. He orders them to walk back to town, but they obtain fresh horses and resume their pursuit.
Ringo arrives in the town of Cayenne, where marshal Mark Strett, a reformed gunslinger and Ringo's old friend, urges Ringo to leave town because his presence will cause trouble. Ringo agrees to depart as soon as he finds his wife Peggy, whom he has not seen in eight years, and his son, who does not know that he exists. Strett informs him that Peggy has changed her surname to conceal their relationship and does not wish to see him. Merchant Jerry Marlowe and thug Hunt Bromley resolve to kill Ringo because Marlowe blames him for his son's murder and Bromley desires fame.
Ringo spots Marlowe aiming a rifle at him and disarms him, swearing that he did not kill Marlowe's son. Molly, another of Ringo's old friends, persuades Peggy to talk to Ringo. He tells Peggy that he is weary of life as a gunfighter and wants to settle into a safer lifestyle. He intends to head west to California, or to South America, where people do not know him, and he invites Peggy to accompany him. She refuses but agrees to reconsider one year later if he avoids trouble until then. Ringo meets his son but honors Peggy's wish not to reveal that he is the boy's father.
Ringo's business in Cayenne is finished, but he has lingered too long. The three vengeful brothers try to ambush him outside of the saloon before Strett and his deputies intercept and apprehend them. Ringo bids farewell to Peggy and his son, but Bromley shoots him in the back. As Ringo lies dying, he tells Strett that he had shot first and requests that Bromley should not be arrested or tried for the crime, as Bromley will soon learn that notoriety as a gunfighter is a curse that will follow him wherever he goes.
Strett beats Bromley severely and banishes him from Cayenne, predicting that Bromley will someday meet a violent death. At Ringo's funeral, Peggy reveals to the townspeople for the first time that she was Ringo's wife and sits next to Strett as her husband is buried. A silhouetted, unrecognizable cowboy rides into the sunset.
The film rights to The Gunfighter were purchased by Columbia Pictures, which offered the lead role to John Wayne. However, Wayne declined, despite having expressed a strong desire to play the part, because of his longstanding hatred for Columbia's president Harry Cohn. Bowers had written the role with Wayne in mind but refused to sell the rights to him, hoping to sell it for a higher price. (Bowers said Wayne did offer him $10,000 for the script but the writer felt that was too little and Bowers sold it for $70,000.)
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The Gunfighter
The Gunfighter is a 1950 American Western film directed by Henry King and starring Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Millard Mitchell and Karl Malden. It was written by screenwriters William Bowers and William Sellers, with an uncredited rewrite by writer and producer Nunnally Johnson, from a story by Bowers, Roger Corman and Andre de Toth. The film was the second of King's six collaborations with Peck.
The film was nominated for Best Motion Picture Story for William Bowers and Andre de Toth during the 23rd Academy Awards.
A young, reckless cowboy named Eddie deliberately provokes an argument with notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo, who is widely known as the fastest draw in the West, making him the target of young gunslingers eager to become famous. When Eddie draws his pistol, Ringo has no choice but to kill him. Eddie's three brothers seek revenge and pursue Ringo as he leaves town. Ringo ambushes and disarms them before driving away with their horses. He orders them to walk back to town, but they obtain fresh horses and resume their pursuit.
Ringo arrives in the town of Cayenne, where marshal Mark Strett, a reformed gunslinger and Ringo's old friend, urges Ringo to leave town because his presence will cause trouble. Ringo agrees to depart as soon as he finds his wife Peggy, whom he has not seen in eight years, and his son, who does not know that he exists. Strett informs him that Peggy has changed her surname to conceal their relationship and does not wish to see him. Merchant Jerry Marlowe and thug Hunt Bromley resolve to kill Ringo because Marlowe blames him for his son's murder and Bromley desires fame.
Ringo spots Marlowe aiming a rifle at him and disarms him, swearing that he did not kill Marlowe's son. Molly, another of Ringo's old friends, persuades Peggy to talk to Ringo. He tells Peggy that he is weary of life as a gunfighter and wants to settle into a safer lifestyle. He intends to head west to California, or to South America, where people do not know him, and he invites Peggy to accompany him. She refuses but agrees to reconsider one year later if he avoids trouble until then. Ringo meets his son but honors Peggy's wish not to reveal that he is the boy's father.
Ringo's business in Cayenne is finished, but he has lingered too long. The three vengeful brothers try to ambush him outside of the saloon before Strett and his deputies intercept and apprehend them. Ringo bids farewell to Peggy and his son, but Bromley shoots him in the back. As Ringo lies dying, he tells Strett that he had shot first and requests that Bromley should not be arrested or tried for the crime, as Bromley will soon learn that notoriety as a gunfighter is a curse that will follow him wherever he goes.
Strett beats Bromley severely and banishes him from Cayenne, predicting that Bromley will someday meet a violent death. At Ringo's funeral, Peggy reveals to the townspeople for the first time that she was Ringo's wife and sits next to Strett as her husband is buried. A silhouetted, unrecognizable cowboy rides into the sunset.
The film rights to The Gunfighter were purchased by Columbia Pictures, which offered the lead role to John Wayne. However, Wayne declined, despite having expressed a strong desire to play the part, because of his longstanding hatred for Columbia's president Harry Cohn. Bowers had written the role with Wayne in mind but refused to sell the rights to him, hoping to sell it for a higher price. (Bowers said Wayne did offer him $10,000 for the script but the writer felt that was too little and Bowers sold it for $70,000.)