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At 35-years-old, you might envy a guy for going into early retirement. But in “The Gunfighter,” Gregory Peck makes every one of those trips around the sun look like an eternity he spent passing through hell. Director Henry King’s Western is like a reverse “High Noon.”. Which was, coincidentally, the role Peck was offered - and turned ...
2 de dic. de 2023 · Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo (Gregory Peck) has reformed and is on his way to a sleepy town in the hope of a reunion with his estranged sweetheart (Helen Westcott) and their young son (B.G. Morgan) whom he has never seen.
The Gunfighter: Directed by Henry King. With Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Millard Mitchell, Jean Parker. Notorious gunfighter Jimmy Ringo rides into town to find his true love, who doesn't want to see him. He hasn't come looking for trouble, but trouble finds him around every corner.
Aging gunslinger Jimmy Ringo is tired of killing, tired of the life he has lived; but everywhere he goes, he is recognized as the fastest gun in the west and must deal with young punks who want to challenge him. After winning yet another tiresome challenge, Ringo - despite the warning of old friend Marshall Strett - goes home to visit his estranged wife, Peggy, and the son he never knew ...
The Gunfighter (1950) drew solid reviews and fair box office when it was released in 1950, but over the decades its reputation has grown exponentially, and it is now considered one of the all-time classic westerns from the studio era -- admired for its melancholy realism, gritty suspense and period authenticity -- and seen as a key forerunner to the dark, psychological westerns of the later 1950s.
A showdown-cum-Greek tragedy follows and the film ends on a haunting, bleak note. Nominated for an Academy Award in Best Motion Picture Story, The Gunfighter was often imitated by other Westerns, most notably by High Noon, and its minimalist, morally difficult, and compelling tale made it one of the most important films produced in the 1950s.
9 de dic. de 2018 · Gunfighter Jimmie Ringo is tired of killing and wants to see his wife and son, who live under another name in Cayenne. On the way he has to reach for Colt ag...
