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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Invitation to a Gunfighter | 0 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Western film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | original screenplay ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Joseph MacDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Color by DeLuxe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Richard Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
United Artists
NERFINISHED
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United Artists Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributorRegion | North America ⓘ |
| editedBy | Tedi L. Sherman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingStyle | CinemaScope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Western
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drama ⓘ |
| hasMoralConflict |
loyalty versus justice
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townspeople versus hired gun ⓘ |
| hasSetting | New Mexico town ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
moral ambiguity
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postwar social tensions ⓘ racism ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Jules Gaspard d'Estaing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical film ⓘ |
| musicBy | David Raksin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | American West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Stanley Kramer Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | October 1964 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 92 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Alvin Sargent
NERFINISHED
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Elizabeth Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | post–American Civil War ⓘ |
| starring |
Clifford David
NERFINISHED
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George Segal NERFINISHED ⓘ Janice Rule NERFINISHED ⓘ Pat Hingle NERFINISHED ⓘ Yul Brynner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeInFiction | Reconstruction era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Invitation to a Gunfighter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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