Requiem for a Gunfighter
Requiem for a Gunfighter is a 1965 American western film, the last film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, produced by Alex Gordon, and starring Rod Cameron, Stephen McNally, Mike Mazurki, Dick Jones, and Olive Sturgess.
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Directed by | Spencer Gordon Bennet |
Produced by | Alex Gordon |
Starring | Rod Cameron Stephen McNally Mike Mazurki Olive Sturgess Dick Jones |
Music by | Ronald Stein |
Cinematography | Frederick West |
Edited by | Charles Powell |
Production company | Premiere Productions |
Distributed by | Embassy Pictures |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Olive Sturgess recalls that Cameron, who had starred in three syndicated television series between 1954 and 1961, was "making sort of a comeback at this time. He was very gracious; very kind. You can see it in him in the scene when we are having dinner—his look. He was a professional."[1]
Requiem used several older actors, including Tim McCoy. Dick Jones, years earlier the voice of Pinocchio, closed his acting career in the film as the gunfighter, Cliff Fletcher.[2] Mike Mazurki brought humor to the picture. The snake which he placed in the saddlebag of Cameron's horse was artificial but made so real-looking that viewers would not have known the difference.[1]
Cast
- Rod Cameron as Dave McCloud
- Stephen McNally as Red Zimmer
- Mike Mazurki as Ivy Bliss
- Olive Sturgess as Bonnie Young
- Dick Jones as Cliff Fletcher
- Tim McCoy as Judge Irving Short
- Chet Douglas as Larry Young
- Bob Steele as Max Smith
- Johnny Mack Brown as Enkoff
- Chris Hughes as Billy Parker
See also
References
- Mike Fitzgerald. "Olive Sturgess". westernclippings.com. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
- Billy Hathorn, "Roy Bean, Temple Houston, Bill Longley, Ranald Mackenzie, Buffalo Bill, Jr., and the Texas Rangers: Depictions of West Texans in Series Television, 1955 to 1967", West Texas Historical Review, Vol. 89 (2013), p. 115