The Gun Fighter


1917

Film Details

Release Date
Feb 11, 1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee
Distribution Company
Triangle Distributing Corp.
Country
United States

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels

Synopsis

Cliff Hudspeth, the leader of a band of outlaws in Arizona, has earned an infamous reputation as a gun fighter. Cliff's dominion is being challenged, however, by El Salvador, an outlaw half-breed and his gang. At the Golden Fleece saloon, Cactus Fuller, El Salvador's henchman, challenges Cliff to a shootout in which Cactus forfeits his life. Norma Wright, the town milliner, witnesses the gunfight and denounces Cliff as a cold-blooded murderer. Angered at Norma's accusation, Cliff seizes the girl and takes her to his cabin. There, drugged by whiskey, Cliff reviews his life and, confronted by the shades of his victims, he pledges to Norma that he will never kill again. Soon after, Cliff is offered a pardon if he will rid Arizona of El Salvador. Infuriated with Cliff's new appointment, El Salvador burns the town and drags Norma away to the mountains where Cliff rescues her and kills El Salvador, receiving a mortal wound in the battle. As Norma rides to safety, Cliff dies, consoled in the knowledge that his last killing was in her defense.

Film Details

Release Date
Feb 11, 1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
New York Motion Picture Corp.; Kay-Bee
Distribution Company
Triangle Distributing Corp.
Country
United States

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels

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