The Gunfighter (1917 film)
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| Directed by | William S. Hart |
| Screenplay by | Monte M. Katterjohn |
| Produced by | Thomas H. Ince |
| Starring | William S. Hart Margery Wilson Roy Laidlaw |
| Cinematography | Joseph August |
Production company | Kay-Bee Pictures / New York Motion Picture Co. |
| Distributed by | Triangle Film Corporation |
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Running time | 5 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
The Gun Fighter, on posters The Gunfighter, is a 1917 American silent Western film directed by and starring William S. Hart as the leader of a group of Arizona outlaws, and co-starred Margery Wilson and Roy Laidlaw.[1][2][3]
Cast
- William S. Hart as Cliff Hudspeth
- Margery Wilson as Norma Wright
- Roy Laidlaw as El Salvador
- Joseph J. Dowling as 'Ace High' Larkins (credited as J.J. Dowling)
- Milton Ross as 'Cactus' Fuller
- J.P. Lockney as Col. Ellis Lawton
- Georgie Stone as Georgie Stone
References
- ^ The BFI Companion to the Western, p. 132, 1988 - "In since the earliest days; in The Gunfighter (1917) William S. Hart plays Cliff Hudspeth, the gunfighter of the title, who is the leader of a band of Arizona outlaws."
- ^ Richard Aquila The Sagebrush Trail: Western Movies and Twentieth-Century America ISBN 0816531544 2015 "William S. Hart is in the center holding two guns in this still from The Gunfighter (Kay-Bee Pictures/New York Motion Picture Company, 1917). Hart's time on that which is good.”
- ^ James Robert Parish, Michael R. Pitts The Great Western Pictures II, 1988, p. 138 – "The Gunfighter locals mistake them for big-time investors and make them welcome. ... The Gunfighter (Triangle, 1916) five reels Producer, Thomas H. Ince; director, William S. Hart; screenplay, Monte J. Katterjohn; art director, ..."
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Gunfighter (1917 film).
- The Gunfighter at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- The Gunfighter (1917): A Silent Film Review at moviessilently.com