Invitation to a Gunfighter

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.

Cast

Yul Brynner

as Jules Gaspard d'Estaing

Janice Rule

as Ruth Adams

George Segal

as Matt Weaver

Alfred Ryder

as Doc Barker

Clifford David

as Crane Adams

Mike Kellin

as Blind Union Vet

Brad Dexter

as Kenarsie

Pat Hingle

as Sam Brewster

Bert Freed

as Sheriff

John A. Alonzo

as Manuel

Reviews

John Chard

Thematically fine but executed with very little skill. Rebel soldier Matt Weaver returns to town after the Civil War, only to find that his home has been sold by unscrupulous town boss, Sam Brewster. Brewster, fearing for his safety, hires gunfighter Jules Gaspard d'Estaing to eradicate Weaver. B...

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