Death of a Gunfighter (1969)

Death of a Gunfighter (1969)

Marshall Patch... he lived by the law of the gun... 1969-05-08 United States of America 94 Min. PG-13
6.4 32 votes

Overview

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

Cast

Richard Widmark is Marshal Frank Patch
Marshal Frank Patch
Lena Horne is Claire Quintana
Claire Quintana
Carroll O'Connor is Lester Locke
Lester Locke
David Opatoshu is Edward Rosenbloom
Edward Rosenbloom
Kent Smith is Andrew Oxley
Andrew Oxley
Jacqueline Scott is Laurie Mills
Laurie Mills
Morgan Woodward is Ivan Stanek
Ivan Stanek
Larry Gates is Mayor Chester Sayre
Mayor Chester Sayre
Dub Taylor is Doc Adams
Doc Adams
John Saxon is Lou Trinidad
Lou Trinidad
Darleen Carr is Hilda Jorgenson
Hilda Jorgenson
Michael McGreevey is Dan Joslin