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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