In New Mexico, a Confederate veteran returns home to find his fiancée married to a Union soldier, his Yankee neighbors rallied against him and his property sold by the local banker who then hires a gunman to kill him.
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Title: Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)
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When Confederate soldier Matt Weaver returns to town after the Civil War, he finds that his home has been sold by town boss Sam Brewster. Brewster hires gunfighter Jules Gaspard d'Estaing to deal with Weaver, but d'Estaing's independent approach settles the town's problems in a very unorthodox manner. Written by <JeanneArmintrout@juno.com>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
14 October 1964 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Duell am Rio Bravo See more »Filming Locations:
Mexican Street, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USABox Office
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$1,800,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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The Psycho (1960) house set on the Universal Backlot, was the home for the character "Sam Brewster". See more »Goofs
In the poker game Jules (Yul Brynner) deals himself a card. When he flicks the card over in inadvertently reveals the card to be a 5 of Hearts. When he finally reveals his cards, they are ALL Kings. Which in itself is usual, however part of the story. See more »Quotes
Townsman: I've got a half dollar that says he's a skinny runt tied to a big gun. You know, them skinny ones is the ones that get handy with a gun. They got to, you know.See more »
I loved Yul Brynner in this movie, and Janice Rule did a good job as the frustrated wife of the crippled, hard-drinking, ex-Civil War fighter. Yul Brynner is excellent as the brooding, cold, mercenary who has a job to do, but falls for the lady whose house he's decided to stay in while doing it. I was in my "Yul Brynner" phase when this one came out, and I can still see it over and over--much as I feel about The Magnificent Seven, the Return of the Seven, The Journey, or The King and I. I couldn't help but wonder if he actually played that harpsichord. He obviously couldn't sing, and only spoke the song while he played the tune on the lady's harpsichord.
Yul Brynner was a smoker, and the cigar is ever present. I met him in 1972 out in Malibu, and I asked him if he could quit smoking for his health's sake. He said, "Nope. Too hooked." He was, and sadly for his fans, it was his undoing. He signed a photo for me for my birthday that year, which I still cherish. The world lost a great actor when he passed. He was the best in a Western, wearing black and walking that walk...a man of few words.