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A Gunfight

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Two old gunfighters (Kirk Douglas, Johnny Cash) charge admission to the locals taking bets on their showdown.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 04/23/2008
C+
It's agin bloodlust, but is all about bloodlust to sell its tale. Go to Full Review
Steve Crum Kansas City Kansan 04/20/2007
2/5
Great names (Douglas and Cash) do not a great western necessarily make. This is definitely not a great oater. Go to Full Review
Boo Allen Denton Record-Chronicle 01/12/2007
2/5
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ric s 03/15/2021 What's not to like? thought it was ok movie starring Johnny Cash and Kirk Douglas, not the best of movies, but was more enjoyable than some of today's offerings. See more delysid d 07/27/2019 Kirk Douglas and Johnny Cash made a movie together See more 12/06/2013 This Unusual Western Was Produced By An Indian Tribe & Won't Appeal To All Western Fans. The Gunfight Referred In The Title Tough Is One That Won't Be Easily Forgotten. Kirk Douglas & Johnny Cash Play Aging Gunslingers, Who Decide To Sell Tickets To Their Upcoming Gunfight, So The Winner Keeps The Money Instead Of Not Seeing A Dime, From Bets Being Placed On Them. A Good Plot & A Long Slow Build Up Shows The Rivals Becoming Friends Just Before The Climactic Gunfight. A Great Flick, That's Often Forgot About. See more 08/26/2012 120826: This is a neat film for multiple reasons. First off, it is the first mainstream American movie to be produced by an Indian tribe, the Jicarilla Apaches of New Mexico. And, in no way is it a commentary on the condition of American first nations. It's a western, speaking more on society's thirst for violence and, perhaps, what midlife crisis would be for aging gunfighters. Keith Carradine makes a short, cool and exciting appearance and you get to see what the results would for either combatant had they won, regardless of who actually wins. The only aspect I did not like is Johnny Cash (show me some musician who's done as good job as an actor). See more 06/19/2011 The Man in Black and Kirk Douglas make a very strange pair in "A Gunfight", the movie is actually executed pretty well and Mr.Cash looks like he would have fit right into the old west, as a huge Cash fan I had to see him act, I guess I guess I just don't see him as an actor, while his performance isn't bad I just don't really see him as an actor. Kirk Douglas also was decent in this but I just don't really see him fitting in a western. While the story is sort of generic it is told simply but it also gets a bit slow and boring more than once and there are also a few scenes that I deemed unnecessary particularity the scene where it's reversed, where will kills abe, I just did not find that relevant. A Gunfight is an okay western without all the action but it moves a bit slowly with irrelevant scenes and sort of mediocre acting. See more 01/06/2011 A clip from this film featuring Johnny Cash as Abe Cross saying "You stay the hell away from me, ya hear?" is featured in Cash's widely acclaimed final music video "Hurt". Kirk Douglas' son is played by his real life son Eric Douglas (1958-2004). See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Two old gunfighters (Kirk Douglas, Johnny Cash) charge admission to the locals taking bets on their showdown.
Director
Lamont Johnson
Producer
A. Ronald Lubin, Harold Jack Bloom
Screenwriter
Harold Jack Bloom
Production Co
Paramount
Rating
PG
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 30m