A Gunfight

Whoever wins loses.

A Gunfight is directed by Lamont Johnson and written by Harold Jack Bloom. It stars Kirk Douglas, Johnny Cash, Jane Alexander, Karen Black and Raf Vallone. Music is by Laurence Rosenthal and cinematography by David Walsh.

Will Tenneray (Douglas) and Abe Cross (Cash) are two ageing gunfighters who after meeting each other in town hit it of straight away and actually like and respect each other. However, with both men in need of money and the whole town intrigued as to who would win in a gunfight between them, Tenneray hits upon the idea of the two of them having the gunfight and selling tickets to the event, with the winner receiving the ticket proceeds

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Hmmm, Im not sure this is really anyones finest hour nor does it really pay much of an homage to its genre as we see two ageing shootists struggling to make ends meet. Cross (Johnny Cash) fancied his chances pan-handling but all he got was backache; Tenneray (Kirk Douglas) satisfies his days trading on his reputation whilst poncing drinks from the gullible and the easy impressed. With two such famous gunpokes in town, the locals are expecting a bit of fireworks, but what they actually get are a couple who come up with a somewhat less murderous and more theatrical solution to their cash flow problems. They are going to have a shoot-out, ok, but its not at any coral - itll be in an arena and theyll be selling tickets! As the big day approache...