Is Death of a Gunfighter scary?

Yes. More frightening than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Death of a Gunfighter sad?

Yes. More sad than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Death of a Gunfighter violent?

Yes. More violent than 80% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Death of a Gunfighter end with hope?

Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Death of a Gunfighter easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Death of a Gunfighter

Name: Death of a Gunfighter
Genre: Western
Released: 1969
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Richard Widmark, Lena Horne, Carroll O'Connor, David Opatoshu, Kent Smith

Marshall Patch... he lived by the law of the gun...

Directed by Robert Totten, Alan Smithee, Don Siegel

Produced by Universal Pictures

196994 min6.3 / 10

A bleak Western about an aging lawman caught between an old code and a modernizing town that fears him enough to orchestrate his destruction.

In the turn-of-the century Texas town of Cottonwood 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.

Clusters

Corrupt Characters in Crime Stories Restaurant And Workplace Jobs Law Enforcement Marshal

Genres

Western

Keywords

Marshal Saloon Owner

Questions people ask

Is Death of a Gunfighter scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.
Is Death of a Gunfighter sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.
Is Death of a Gunfighter violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.
Does Death of a Gunfighter end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.
Is Death of a Gunfighter easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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