The Gunfighter (1917 film)

The Gunfighter
	Film poster
Directed by	William S. Hart
Produced by	Thomas H. Ince
Screenplay by	Monte M. Katterjohn
Starring	William S. Hart; Margery Wilson; Roy Laidlaw
Cinematography	Joseph August
Production; company	Kay-Bee Pictures / New York Motion Picture Co.
Distributed by	Triangle Film Corporation
Release date	February 11, 1917;
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Gun Fighter, on posters The Gunfighter, is a 1917 American silent western film directed by and starring William S. Hart as the leader of a group of Arizona outlaws, and costarred Margery Wilson and Roy Laidlaw.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Cast

William S. Hart as Cliff Hudspeth
Margery Wilson as Norma Wright
Roy Laidlaw as El Salvador
Joseph J. Dowling as 'Ace High' Larkins (credited as J.J. Dowling)
Milton Ross as 'Cactus' Fuller
J.P. Lockney as Col. Ellis Lawton
Georgie Stone as Georgie Stone

References

↑ The BFI Companion to the Western, Page 132, 1988 - "In since the earliest days; in The Gunfighter (1917) William S. Hart plays Cliff Hudspeth, the gunfighter of the title, who is the leader of a band of Arizona outlaws."
↑ Richard Aquila The Sagebrush Trail: Western Movies and Twentieth-Century America ISBN 0816531544 2015 "William S. Hart is in the center holding two guns in this still from The Gunfighter (Kay-Bee Pictures/New York Motion Picture Company, 1917). Hart's time on that which is good.”
↑ James Robert Parish (USA), Michael R. Pitts The Great Western Pictures II, 1988, Page 138 -- "The Gunfighter locals mistake them for big-time investors and make them welcome. ... The Gunfighter (Triangle, 1916) five reels Producer, Thomas H. Ince; director, William S. Hart; screenplay, Monte J. Katterjohn; art director, ..."

External links

The Gunfighter on IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie

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[1] The BFI Companion to the Western, Page 132, 1988 - "In since the earliest days; in The Gunfighter (1917) William S. Hart plays Cliff Hudspeth, the gunfighter of the title, who is the leader of a band of Arizona outlaws."

[2] Richard Aquila The Sagebrush Trail: Western Movies and Twentieth-Century America ISBN 0816531544 2015 "William S. Hart is in the center holding two guns in this still from The Gunfighter (Kay-Bee Pictures/New York Motion Picture Company, 1917). Hart's time on that which is good.”

[3] James Robert Parish (USA), Michael R. Pitts The Great Western Pictures II, 1988, Page 138 -- "The Gunfighter locals mistake them for big-time investors and make them welcome. ... The Gunfighter (Triangle, 1916) five reels Producer, Thomas H. Ince; director, William S. Hart; screenplay, Monte J. Katterjohn; art director, ..."