Gunfighters (film)

Gunfighters
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGeorge Waggner
Screenplay byAlan Le May
Based onTwin Sombreros
1941 novel
by Zane Grey
Produced byHarry Joe Brown
StarringRandolph Scott
Barbara Britton
Dorothy Hart
CinematographyFred Jackman Jr.
Edited byHarvey Manger
Music byRudy Schrager
Color processCinecolor
Production
company
Producers-Actors Corporation
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • July 15, 1947 (1947-07-15)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Gunfighters is a 1947 American Western film directed by George Waggner and starring Randolph Scott and Barbara Britton.[1] Based on the novel Twin Sombreros by Zane Grey (the sequel of Knights of the Range) and with a screenplay by The Searchers author Alan Le May, the film is about a gunfighter who lays down his guns after being forced to shoot his best friend, and decides to become a cowhand on a ranch. The film was released in the United Kingdom as The Assassin.

  1. ^ "Gunfighters". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved August 23, 2012.