---
title: 'The Gunfighter (1950)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Henry King'
released: '1950-06-23'
runtime_minutes: 85
genres:
  - 'Western'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-gunfighter-1950'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042531/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Gunfighter (1950)

1950 · 85 min · Western · United States


## Synopsis

The Gunfighter is a 1950 American Western film directed by Henry King and starring Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Millard Mitchell and Karl Malden. It was written by screenwriters William Bowers and William Sellers, with an uncredited rewrite by writer and producer Nunnally Johnson, from a story by Bowers, Roger Corman and Andre de Toth. The film was the second of King's six collaborations with Peck.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Henry King](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-king)
- **Screenplay:** [Roger Corman](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-corman), [Nunnally Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/nunnally-johnson), [William Bowers](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-bowers)
- **Producer:** [Nunnally Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/nunnally-johnson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alfred Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-newman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Arthur Charles Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-charles-miller)
- **Editor:** [Barbara McLean](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-mclean)

## Cast

- [Edmund Cobb](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-cobb)
- [Mae Marsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/mae-marsh)
- [Verna Felton](https://cinepixo.com/people/verna-felton)
- [Richard Jaeckel](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-jaeckel)
- [Skip Homeier](https://cinepixo.com/people/skip-homeier)
- [Murray Alper](https://cinepixo.com/people/murray-alper)
- [Dick Curtis](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-curtis)
- [Helen Westcott](https://cinepixo.com/people/helen-westcott)
- [Anthony Ross](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-ross)
- [Angela Clarke](https://cinepixo.com/people/angela-clarke)
- [Gregory Peck](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregory-peck)
- [Pierce Lyden](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierce-lyden)
- [Houseley Stevenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/houseley-stevenson)
- [Archie R. Twitchell](https://cinepixo.com/people/archie-r-twitchell)
- [Bruce Gilbert Norman](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-gilbert-norman)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-gunfighter-1950
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