Movie
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1964-10-14
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Genres
- Western
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Stanley Kramer Productions, Hermes Productions, Larcas Productions, United Artists
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Yul Brynner as Jules Gaspard d'Estaing
- Janice Rule as Ruth Adams
- George Segal as Matt Weaver
- Alfred Ryder as Doc Barker
- Clifford David as Crane Adams
- Mike Kellin as Blind Union Vet
- Brad Dexter as Kenarsie
- Pat Hingle as Sam Brewster
- Bert Freed as Sheriff
- John A. Alonzo as Manuel
- Curt Conway as McKeever
- Clarke Gordon as Hickman
Crew
- Richard Wilson - Director
- Richard Wilson - Screenplay
- Elizabeth Wilson - Screenplay
- Hal Goodman - Story
- Larry Klein - Story
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