The gunfighter / Twentieth Century Fox presents ; screenplay by William Bowers and William Sellers ; produced by Nunnally Johnson ; directed by Henry King.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
From a story by William Bowers and Andre de Toth. Originally released as a motion picture in 1950. Full screen (1.33:1). Special features: interview about director Henry King and the film with filmmaker, writer, and archivist Gina Telaroli; video essay on editor Barbara McLean by film historian and author J.E. Smyth; audio excerpts of interviews with King and McLean from 1970 and 1971s. Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Millard Mitchell, Jean Parker, Karl Malden, Ellen Corby, Richard Jaeckel.
Summary:
A key forerunner of the new breed of dark, brooding westerns that would cast a shadow over America's frontier folklore, this subversive psychological saga sounds a death knell for the myth of the outlaw hero. In one of his most morally complex roles, Gregory Peck stars as Jimmy Ringo, an infamous gunslinger looking to hang up his holsters and start a new life, but whose reputation draws him inexorably into a cycle of violence and revenge from which he cannot escape.
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