In the turn-of-the century Texas town of Cottonwood Springs, marshal Frank Patch is an old-style lawman in a town determined to become modern. When he kills drunken Luke Mills in self-defense, the town leaders decide it's time for a change. That ask for Patch's resignation, but he refuses on the basis that the town, on hiring him, had promised him the job for as long as he wanted it. Afraid for the town's future and even more afraid of the fact that Marshal Patch knows all the town's dark secrets, the city fathers decide that old-style violence is the only way to rid themselves of the unwanted lawman.
Death of a Gunfighter has generally received mixed reviews.
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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 22 Oct 2004
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Death of a Gunfighter was released in 1969 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 7 reviews, giving Death of a Gunfighter (1969) an average rating of 59%.
Overall, film critics prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 80%, compared to cinema-goers, who gave it a lower average score of 70%. Professional critics were more impressed with Death of a Gunfighter than amateur reviewers were.
With a score of 59%, Death of a Gunfighter is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1969, which stands at 58%.
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