Tuesday, September 1, 2009

On this Day in 1950...

Henry King's The Gunfighter was released, starring Gregory Peck. The Encyclopedia of Western Movies describes it as a "seminal Western" which introduced a new theme to the genre, that of an aging gunfighter trying to put aside his lifestyle and settle down. More than that I won't say except to recommend it if you haven't seen it. Here's the trailer for the movie from 1950:

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