The Gunfighter
A key forerunner of the new breed of dark, brooding westerns that would soon cast a shadow over America’s frontier folklore, this subversive psychological saga sounds a death knell for the myth of the outlaw hero. In one of his most morally complex roles, Gregory Peck stars as Jimmy Ringo, an infamous gunslinger looking to hang up his holsters and start a new life, but whose reputation draws him inexorably into a cycle of violence and revenge from which he cannot escape. Directed with taut efficiency by the versatile studio-era craftsman Henry King, and shot in striking deep-focus style by master cinematographer Arthur C. Miller, The Gunfighter forgoes rough-and-tumble action in favor of an elegiac exploration of guilt and regret that speaks to the anxious soul of postwar America.
Blu-ray Special Edition Features
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- New interview about director Henry King and The Gunfighter with filmmaker, writer, and archivist Gina Telaroli
- New video essay on editor Barbara McLean by film historian and author J. E. Smyth
- Audio excerpts of interviews with King and McLean from 1970 and ’71
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by film critic K. Austin Collins
New illustration by Jennifer Dionisio
Blu-ray Special Edition Features
- New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- New interview about director Henry King and The Gunfighter with filmmaker, writer, and archivist Gina Telaroli
- New video essay on editor Barbara McLean by film historian and author J. E. Smyth
- Audio excerpts of interviews with King and McLean from 1970 and ’71
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by film critic K. Austin Collins
New illustration by Jennifer Dionisio
Cast
- Gregory Peck
- Jimmy Ringo
- Helen Westcott
- Peggy Walsh
- Millard Mitchell
- Marshal Mark Strett
- Jean Parker
- Molly
- Karl Malden
- Mac
- Skip Homeier
- Hunt Bromley
- Anthony Ross
- Deputy Charlie Norris
- Verna Felton
- Mrs. August Pennyfeather
- Ellen Corby
- Mrs. Devlin
- Richard Jaeckel
- Eddie
Credits
- Director
- Henry King
- Producer
- Nunnally Johnson
- From a story by
- William Bowers
- From a story by
- Andre de Toth
- Screenplay by
- William Bowers
- Screenplay by
- William Sellers
- Cinematography
- Arthur C. Miller
- Editor
- Barbara McLean
- Art direction by
- Richard Irvine
- Art direction by
- Lyle Wheeler
- Music by
- Alfred Newman
A scene from The Gunfighter
