Requiem for a Gunfighter

Requiem for a Gunfighter
Requiem for a Gunfighter
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Spencer Gordon Bennet
Produced by	Alex Gordon
Starring	Rod Cameron; Stephen McNally; Mike Mazurki; Olive Sturgess; Dick Jones
Cinematography	Frederick West
Edited by	Charles Powell
Music by	Ronald Stein
Production; company	Premiere Productions
Distributed by	Embassy Pictures
Release date	June 30, 1965;
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.

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]

Plot[]

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

References[]

^ ^a ^b 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