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The Gunfighter
Why this pick
Its compact real-time pressure, plainspoken fatalism, and isolated hero echo the tense, morally unforgiving atmosphere of Wellman’s frontier drama.
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MOVIE1943 1h 16m USA
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Why this pick
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Yellow Sky
Why this pick
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In Bridger's Wells, Nevada in 1885, Art Croft (Harry Morgan) and Gil Carter (Henry Fonda) ride into town and enter Darby's Saloon. The atmosphere is subdued due to recent incidents of Cattle raiding. Art and Gil are suspected to be rustlers because they have rarely been seen in town.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Henry Fonda
Gil Carter
Dana Andrews
Donald Martin
Jane Darwell
Jenny Grier
Marc Lawrence
Jeff Farnley
Anthony Quinn
Juan Martínez/Francisco Morez
Harry Morgan
Art Croft
Mary Beth Hughes
Rose Mapen/Rose Swanson
Victor Kilian
Darby