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| Invitation to a Gunfighter | |
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 Original film poster | |
| Directed by | Richard Wilson |
| Written by | Hal Goodman Larry Klein |
| Screenplay by | Richard Wilson Elizabeth Wilson[1] |
| Produced by | Richard Wilson |
| Starring | Yul Brynner Janice Rule Brad Dexter Alfred Ryder Mike Kellin George Segal Clifford David Pat Hingle |
| Cinematography | Joseph MacDonald |
| Edited by | Robert C. Jones |
| Music by | David Raksin |
Production companies | Hermes Productions Stanley Kramer Productions |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 92 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.8 million[2] |
| Box office | $3.1 million[2] |
Invitation to a Gunfighter is a 1964 DeLuxe Color Western film directed by Richard Wilson, starring Yul Brynner and George Segal. It was based on a 1957 teleplay by Larry Klein that appeared on Playhouse 90.[3] A lone Creole gunfighter, Jules, burdened by his own past of dealing with racism and prejudices, ends up in a town dealing with its own racist and hypocritical ignominies. Jules attempts to learn the truth about the town's real motives for hiring him, while at the same time reconciling with his own past as he attempts to force the town's white folks to accept their own hypocritical shortcomings in living with their Mexican cohabitants.
- ^ "Movie Reviews". The New York Times. October 29, 2021.
- ^ a b Tino Balio, United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry, University of Wisconsin Press, 1987 p. 146
- ^ "Invitation to a Gunfighter". IMDb. March 7, 1957.