He Kills By Invitation
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.
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Grave, raw, classical in form and contemplative.
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- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
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- John Chardon TMDB · May 20173/10
Thematically fine but executed with very little skill. Rebel soldier Matt Weaver returns to town after the Civil War, only to find that his home has been sold by unscrupulous town boss, Sam Brewster. Brewster, fearing for his safety, hires gunfighter Jules Gaspard d'Estaing to eradicate Weaver. But as d'Estaing's settles in to town it becomes clear to him just what a corrupt and morally bankrupt bunch the townsfolk are. It grieves me to mark a film like this, with so many good people involved with it, down so low. The thematic heart of this picture is fabulous, nothing none of us haven't seen before, but tales of hired gunmen straightening out dirty towns are always of interest if handled with care and a commitment to the moral essence. Invitation To A Gunfighter, in spite of starring Yul Brynner, George Segal, Brad Dexter, Pat Hingle and Strother Martin, and being directed by Orson Welles collaborator Richard Wilson, is ploddingly paced and acted like a low budget C movie. The score from David Raksin is intrusive and completely out of sync with the nature of the piece, whilst the back lot location is all too evident. The piece briefly picks up entering the final third, where thank
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Cast
- Yul BrynnerJules Gaspard d'Estaing
- Janice RuleRuth Adams
- George SegalMatt Weaver
- Alfred RyderDoc Barker
- Clifford DavidCrane Adams
- Mike KellinBlind Union Vet
- Brad DexterKenarsie
- Pat HingleSam Brewster
- Bert FreedSheriff
- John A. AlonzoManuel
Crew
- Richard WilsonDirector
- Richard WilsonScreenplay
- Elizabeth WilsonScreenplay
- Joseph MacDonaldDirector of Photography
- Robert C. JonesEditor
- Richard WilsonProducer
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