Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964 film)

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Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964 film) is a 1964 Western drama starring Yul Brynner as a hired gunman whose arrival in a post–Civil War town exposes deep-seated tensions and moral conflicts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Western film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
cinematographyBy Joseph MacDonald ⓘ
colorProcess Color by DeLuxe ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Richard Wilson ⓘ
distributor United Artists ⓘ
United Artists Pictures ⓘ
linked to: United Artists
distributorRegion North America ⓘ
editedBy Tedi L. Sherman ⓘ
filmingStyle CinemaScope ⓘ
genre Western ⓘ
drama ⓘ
hasMoralConflict loyalty versus justice ⓘ
townspeople versus hired gun ⓘ
hasSetting New Mexico town ⓘ
hasTheme moral ambiguity ⓘ
postwar social tensions ⓘ
racism ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
mainCharacter Jules Gaspard d'Estaing ⓘ
medium theatrical film ⓘ
musicBy David Raksin ⓘ
narrativeLocation American West ⓘ
linked to: Old West
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A professional gunman is hired to kill a returning Confederate veteran, but his presence exposes tensions and moral conflicts in a small town. ⓘ
producer Stanley Kramer ⓘ
productionCompany Stanley Kramer Productions ⓘ
releaseDate October 1964 ⓘ
releaseYear 1964 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 92 ⓘ
screenwriter Alvin Sargent ⓘ
Elizabeth Wilson ⓘ
Richard Wilson ⓘ
settingPeriod post–American Civil War ⓘ
starring Clifford David ⓘ
George Segal ⓘ
Janice Rule ⓘ
Pat Hingle ⓘ
Yul Brynner ⓘ
timeInFiction Reconstruction era ⓘ
title Invitation to a Gunfighter ⓘ

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