Thursday, October 9, 2014

Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)


Frontier town enlists half-black gunman to rid them of uncontrollable Confederate veteran.

Above standard western with some diffuse political and existentialist pretensions, but it has a moody atmosphere and Yul Brynner does a great job in the lead role as a complicated gunfighter.

Halliwell*: "Predictable, rather self-satisfied Western with a studio look. Smart script and performances."

Maltin**1/2: "Cast surpasses turgid, talky script..."




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