The Gunfighter - crew, film crew

The entire team, the film crew of the film "The Gunfighter"
The Gunfighter (1950)
Timing: 1:25 (85 min)
The Gunfighter - TMDB rating
7.328/10
200
The Gunfighter - Kinopoisk rating
7.248/10
1208
The Gunfighter - IMDB rating
7.7/10
14000

Film crew

Director

Producer

Executive Producer

Writer

Editor

Art Direction

Richard Irvine
Art Direction

Costume Design

Photo Travilla #108953

Travilla

Travilla
Costume Design

Sam Benson

Sam Benson
Costume Design
Ed Wynigear
Costume Design

Stunts

Ted Mapes
Stunts

Set Decoration

Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration

Makeup Artist

Photo Ben Nye #72370

Ben Nye

Ben Nye
Makeup Artist

Original Music Composer

Photo Alfred Newman #72368

Alfred Newman

Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer

Orchestrator

Edward B. Powell
Orchestrator
Urban Thielmann
Orchestrator

Director of Photography

Arthur C. Miller

Arthur C. Miller
Director of Photography

Camera Operator

Paul Lockwood
Camera Operator

Costume Supervisor

Charles LeMaire

Charles LeMaire
Costume Supervisor

Production Manager

Joseph C. Behm
Production Manager

Screenplay

William Sellers
Screenplay

Story

Additional Writing

Photo Roger Corman #19104Photo Roger Corman #19105Photo Roger Corman #19106Photo Roger Corman #19107

Roger Corman

Roger Corman
Additional Writing

Sound

Roger Heman Sr.
Sound
Alfred Bruzlin
Sound

Visual Effects

Fred Sersen
Visual Effects

Technical Supervisor

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William Steele
Technical Supervisor

What's left behind the scenes

  • During the filming of the movie, Gregory Peck wore a mustache that many at the studio disliked. When filming began, producer Spyros P. Skouras was away. By the time he returned, most of the film had already been shot, and it was too late to ask Peck to shave off the mustache and reshoot the footage. After it became clear that the film was not successful and the costs were not being recouped, Skouras went to the actor and told him that his mustache had cost them millions.
  • The film is based on the life of John Ringo (1850-1882), a bandit from the Wild West era and a cousin of members of the "Younger Brothers" gang. In life, Ringo was a ruthless killer who was lucky enough to survive the famous gunfight at the corral. Unlike the character portrayed in the film, the real John Ringo fell into depression after visiting relatives in California in July 1982, went on a 10-day drinking binge, and then sat under a tree and shot himself.
  • The original story was written by William Bowers (1916-1987) and André De Toth (1912-2002) with John Wayne (1907-1979) in mind. Wayne liked the story and offered Bowers $10,000 for it, but Bowers asked for more. Later, Bowers sold the story to Fox for $70,000, which greatly offended Wayne. Subsequently, Harry Cohn (1891-1958), the founder of Columbia Pictures, acquired the story for Wayne, but he refused to work with the company due to old grievances against Cohn. Cohn then sold the screenplay to Twentieth Century Fox, which took on the project and signed Gregory Peck (1916-2003) for the lead role. When Peck was chosen as the "best Western actor" in 1950 and presented with an award – silver spurs – Wayne was furious. Wayne's last film, "The Shootist" (1976), has a noticeable resemblance to "The Gunfighter."
  • In the original ending, the sheriff arrested Hunt Bromley, played by Skip Homeier (1930-2017), but this finale enraged studio head Darryl F. Zanuck (1902-1979) so much that director Henry King (1886-1982) and screenwriter Nannelli Johnson (1897-1977) devised a finale in which the sheriff beats Bromley and lets him go. Only then did Zanuck calm down.
  • The film is based on the life of John Ringo (1850-1882), an outlaw of the Wild West and a cousin of the Younger Brothers gang. In real life, Ringo was a ruthless killer who managed to survive a famous shootout at the corral. Unlike the character portrayed in the film, the real John Ringo fell into depression after visiting relatives in California in July 1982, went on a 10-day drinking binge, and then sat under a tree and shot himself.
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