Death of a Gunfighter
Marshall Patch... he lived by the law of the gun...
94 mins
In the turn-of-the century Texas town of Cottownwood 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.
Joseph Calvelli
Screenplay
Lewis B. Patten
Novel
Richard E. Lyons
Producer
Andrew Jackson
Director of Photography
Robert F. Shugrue
Editor
Alexander Golitzen
Art Direction
Howard E. Johnson
Art Direction
Sandy Grace
Set Decoration
Waldon O. Watson
Sound
Kenneth L. Grossman
Unit Production Manager
Joe Boston
Assistant Director
Larry Germain
Hairstylist
Stanley Wilson
Music Supervisor
John McCarthy Jr.
Set Decoration
Oliver Nelson
Original Music Composer
Alan Smithee
Director
