Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)
- Directed by
- Richard Wilson
- Genre
- drama film, Western film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 61 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A Creole gunfighter with a troubled past arrives in a small Western town. The townspeople hire him for protection but their motives are not honest. As he uncovers their hypocrisies toward Mexican neighbors, he must also face his own experiences with racism.
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What happens
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. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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