A Gunfight

A Gunfight
Directed byLamont Johnson
Written byHarold Jack Bloom
Produced byHarold Jack Bloom
A. Ronald Lubin
StarringKirk Douglas
Johnny Cash
Jane Alexander
CinematographyDavid M. Walsh
Music byLaurence Rosenthal
Production
companies
Joel Productions
Harvest Productions
Thoroughbred Productions
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • August 25, 1971 (1971-08-25)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2 million[1][2]

A Gunfight is a 1971 American Western film directed by Lamont Johnson, starring Kirk Douglas and Johnny Cash.

The film was financed by the Jicarilla Apache Nation, although there are no leading Native American characters in the story.

Douglas' fee was $150,000 plus a percentage of the profits.[1]

  1. ^ a b Kirk Douglas: Hollywood's Moverick-Agent-Star Haber, Joyce. Los Angeles Times 14 Feb 1971: r11.
  2. ^ Gottschalk Jr, Earl C. (June 18, 1971). "Gambling Bucks: As Big Studios Fade, Chief Charlie, Apache, Bankrolls a Western The Making of 'A Gunfight' Shows How New Practices Undermine Old Hollywood Johnny Cash & a Naked Lady Gambling Bucks: As Studios Fade, Chief Charlie Bankrolls a Western". The Wall Street Journal. p. 1.