Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)

Director:

Richard Wilson

Writers:

Hal Goodman (story) &
Larry Klein (story) ...

Release Date:

14 October 1964 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Tagline:

The cold-blooded killer who terrorized a town!

Plot:

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...

Plot Keywords:

Return From War | Love Triangle | Hired Killer | Mexican | Frontier Justice

Cast

Yul Brynner	...	Jules Gaspard d'Estaing
Janice Rule	...	Ruth Adams
George Segal	...	Matt Weaver
Alfred Ryder	...	Doc Barker
Clifford David	...	Crane Adams
Mike Kellin	...	Blind Union vet
Brad Dexter	...	Kenarsie
Pat Hingle	...	Sam Brewster
Bert Freed	...	Sheriff
John A. Alonzo	...	Manuel (Weaver's friend in Mexicantown) (as John Alonzo)
Curt Conway	...	McKeever
Clarke Gordon	...	Hickman
Gerald Hiken	...	Gully
Strother Martin	...	Fiddler
Clifton James	...	Tuttle

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:U | West Germany:12 (f) (re-rating) | West Germany:16 (f) (original rating) | Finland:K-16 | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company:

Hermes Productions

Trivia:

The Psycho (1960) house set on the Universal Backlot, was the home for the character "Sam Brewster".

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.

An immoral, racist and corrupt town hires a gunfighter.

Richard Wilson worked closely with Orson Welles as an assistant in "Magnificent Ambersons" and "Citizen Kane" also as an actor in "The Lady from "Shanghai". Considering he directed this film and wrote the screenplay with his wife, you certainly could expect a superior western like this one. Yul Brynner comes to a town dominated by a corrupt town boss and where there is also plenty of racism against the Mexicans. Even though the town fought for the Union most of the people behave as if they had opposite ideals. The irony is that George Segal who was the only Confederate is the most moral and open minded of them all. Brynner is paid to kill Segal, but he starts revolting against the corruption,and immorality of those who hired him.