A GUNFIGHT
DIRECTED BY LAMONT JOHNSON
CO-PRODUCED BY KIRK DOUGLAS
HARVEST
THE JACARILLA APACHE TRIBE OF INDIANS
JOEL PRODUCTIONS
THOUROUGHBRED PRODUCTIONS
PARAMOUNT PICTURES
INFORMATION FROM IMDb
Plot Summary
Will Tenneray and Abe Cross are two famous gunfighters who are getting old and need money. Cross tried his luck at gold prospecting but failed. Tenneray works at the local saloon where he capitalizes on his past fame to "sucker fools into buying drinks". The town expects them to become enemies and kill each other in a gunfight but the two aging gunfighters start liking one another. Desperate for money, Tenneray suggests to Cross to put on a show for the townsfolk and fight in an arena for money. The proceeds from the ticket sales would go to the winner of the gunfight. Both men like the idea of a paid show but hate the possibility of one of them killing the other.
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Cast
Kirk Douglas ... Will Tenneray
Johnny Cash ... Abe Cross
Jane Alexander ... Nora Tenneray
Karen Black ... Jenny Simms
Dana Elcar ... Marv Green
Robert J. Wilke ... Marshal Tom Cater
Keith Carradine ... The Young Gunfighter
Eric Douglas ... Bud Tenneray
Paul Lambert ... Ed Fleury
Raf Vallone ... Francisco Alvarez
James D. Cavasos ... Newt Hale
Philip L. Mead ... Kyle Briggs
George Le Bow ... Dekker
John J. Wallwork ... Toby Leach
Neil Davis ... Canbury
Dave Burleson ... Poker Player
Douglas Doran ... Teller
John Gill ... Foreman
Timothy Tuinstra ... Joey
Dick O'Shea ... 2nd Poker Player
R.C. Bishop ... MacIntyre
Donna Dillenschneider ... Saloon Hostess
Paula Dillenschneider ... Saloon Hostess
Directed
Lamont Johnson
Writing Credits
Harold Jack Bloom ... (written by)
Produced
Harold Jack Bloom ... producer
Saul Holiff ... associate producer
A. Ronald Lubin ... producer
Kirk Douglas ... executive producer (uncredited)
Music
Laurence Rosenthal
Cinematography
David M. Walsh ... director of photography
Trivia
The film received $2 million in financing from the Jicarilla Apache tribe in order to keep production in the United States, rather than abroad.
Feature film debut of Eric Douglas, son of Kirk Douglas.
Feature film debut of Keith Carradine, son of actor John Carradine.
A clip from this film featuring Johnny Cash as Abe Cross saying "You stay the hell away from me, ya hear?" featured in Cash's final music video before his death. The video was the widely acclaimed "Hurt" directed by Mark Romanek
The film had been banned by the Mexican Film Bureau from Mexican territory because it presented a false image of Mexico and the Mexican people. However, there is no information that the production company intended to shoot the film in Mexico.
Goofs
unknown
Filming Locations
Eaves Movie Ranch - 105 Rancho Alegre Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Madrid Bullring, Madrid, SpainWatch the Movie
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