The Gunfighter (1917 film)

The Gunfighter
Film poster
Directed by	William S. Hart
Screenplay by	Monte M. Katterjohn
Produced by	Thomas H. Ince
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 (1917-02-11)
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Languages	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 co-starred 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

1. The BFI Companion to the Western, p. 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, Michael R. Pitts The Great Western Pictures II, 1988, p. 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 at IMDb
• The Gunfighter (1917): A Silent Film Review at moviessilently.com