Invitation to a Gunfighter

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Invitation to a Gunfighter

"He Kills By Invitation"

1964

1h 32m

5.9(55 votes)

Western

Overview

In New Mexico, a Confederate veteran returns home to find his fiancée married to a Union soldier, his Yankee neighbors rallied against him and his property sold by the local banker who then hires a gunman to kill him.

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16 members

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Yul Brynner

Jules Gaspard d'Estaing

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Janice Rule

Ruth Adams

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George Segal

Matt Weaver

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Alfred Ryder

Doc Barker

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Clifford David

Crane Adams

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Mike Kellin

Blind Union Vet

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Brad Dexter

Kenarsie

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Pat Hingle

Sam Brewster

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Bert Freed

Sheriff

Camera

John A. Alonzo

Manuel

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Curt Conway

McKeever

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Clarke Gordon

Hickman

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Gerald Hiken

Gully

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Clifton James

Tuttle

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Strother Martin

Fiddler

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Arthur Peterson

Schoop

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