Thanks for the memories!

How sad is this?

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

This is an astonishing documentary that will wring your heart while it bends your mind

If you are looking for a shoot-em-up western, this film is NOT it. Instead you get a gripping drama with a lot of dialogue and emotions. Gregory Peck plays Jimmy Ringo, an ace gunfighter with a fearsome reputation, but is tired of it all and wants to reunite with his wife who he left many years ago and his young son who he has never met. However his reputation is also the cause of his downfall. That's because every young squirt wants to pick up a fight with the great Jimmy Ringo to enhance his own reputation, as he himself had once been. This film is about life comes a full circle and your deeds eventually catch up to you.Peck's style, as always, is about a man who does not feel the need to vigorously assert his manhood or toughness. He goes about it in a calm and collected way with a quiet confidence. The town marshal (who was Ringo's buddy back in the day) is played beautifully by Millard Mitchell. As Ringo remarks in one scene, Marshal did not need to carry a gun to intimidate the bad guys.Ringo's wife Peggy is played by Helen Westcott who is torn between having nothing to do with Ringo and going away with the hopefully reformed Ringo. She still clearly loves him but is afraid to trust both her and her's son life with a man who lives so dangerously.All in all, this is a very fulfilling movie with lots of clear lessons to learn from it.

This here is just a great Western. We're given a hard-hitting start, the acting is top notch throughout, we're given strong plot that is well carried out by a host of various characters each with their own motivation and contribution to the story, good morals, and enough action coupled with dialog all in a poignant atmosphere... just really top notch Western stuff.Gregory Peck does surprisingly well as the tough guy protagonist although a young buck.The love story doesn't overflood the film and yet it is absolutely central.8/10.

THE GUNFIGHTER is a mature and reflective western that manages to subvert genre expectations within the action context and trappings of its own genre. It stars the inimitable Gregory Peck as Jimmy Ringo, a world-weary gunslinger whose biggest enemy is not one of the many villains after him but rather his own reputation. As such this is a film which explores the dark side of heroism and it feels very real and very gritty as a result.The film itself is quite low budget, shot in black and white and with a great deal of the running time taking place within a single bar-room location. Nonetheless suspense is inherent in the premise and in some ways I was reminded of DOG DAY AFTERNOON as the situation becomes a kind of insane circus. Peck is excellent, it does go without saying really, and well supported by the likes of Karl Malden. Those looking for crowd-pleasing action sequences should look elsewhere as this is all about consequence and real-life, not gung-ho fantasy. The ending is unexpected, but very good.

Henry King's western, The Gunfighter (1950), follows the story of Jimmy Ringo played by Gregory Peck. Ringo is a wanted murderer and known as the fastest draw in the west. A lot of ground is covered in the 85 minutes of the film as there is seemingly all the time in the world. This is largely due to King's direction for the camera to linger on two-shots throughout. The dialogue is fast, snappy, punchy and is delivered well by the actors. Peck puts in a strong performance, displaying the cool, calm and collected aura of the character that is reflected in the script. Overall, The Gunfighter is a high quality western and a very enjoyable film. Although at times it felt slightly too slow, it holds up extremely well for a film that was made over 60 years ago, without lots of action and special effects.