"Invitation to a Gunfighter" was an American television play broadcast in 1957 as part of the CBS television series, Playhouse 90.[1]
It was adapted into the 1964 feature film Invitation to a Gunfighter.
Plot
Townsfolk pool money to hire a gunfighter to get rid of another gunfighter who is terrorising their town.
Cast
- Hugh O'Brian as Matt Jeffers
- Anne Bancroft as Julie Bickford
- Gilbert Roland as Dancer
- Pat O'Brien as Sheriff Kyle Bickford
- Ray Collins as Harris Clayton
- Milton Parsons as Tuttle
- Anne Barton as Mrs. Medford
- Don Beddoe as McKeever
- Paul Brinegar as Baxter
Production
It was the first time Penn worked with Anne Bancroft.[2]
O'Brien recalled Penn as "terrific".[3]
References
- ^ Invitation to a Gunfighter at Paley Centre
- ^ "Arthur Penn on directing "Invitation to a Gun Fighter" for "Playhouse 90"". You Tube.
- ^ "Interview with Hugh O'Brien". Television Academy Interviews.