The Gunfighter

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The Gunfighter

Directed by	Henry King
Produced by	Nunnally Johnson
Written by	William Bowers William Sellers
Starring	Gregory Peck Helen Westcott Millard Mitchell Jean Parker Karl Malden
Release date(s)	June 23, 1950
Running time	85 min
Language	English
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The Gunfighter was a 1950 film starring Gregory Peck and directed by Henry King. It was written by William Bowers and Andre de Toth.

[edit] Reaction

Reviews for the film are mostly positive. Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer rates the film 100-percent fresh. Writing for the New York Times, Bosley Crowther notes in his June 24, 1950 review "The addicts of Western fiction may find themselves rubbing their eyes and sitting up fast to take notice before five minutes have gone by in Twentieth Century Fox's The Gunfighter, which came to the Roxy yesterday. For suddenly they will discover that they are not keeping company with the usual sort of hero of the commonplace Western at all. Suddenly, indeed, they will discover that they are in the exciting presence of one of the most fascinating Western heroes as ever looked down a six-shooter's barrel." [1]