"Invitation to a Gunfighter" | |
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Playhouse 90 episode | |
Directed by | Arthur Penn |
Written by | Leslie Stevens |
Story by | Hal Goodman Harry Klein |
Produced by | Martin Manulis |
Original air date | March 7, 1957 |
Running time | 1:30 |
"Invitation to a Gunfighter" was an American television play broadcast as part of the CBS television series, Playhouse 90.[1]
It was adapted into the 1964 feature film Invitation to a Gunfighter.
Townsfolk pool money to hire a gunfighter to get rid of another gunfighter who is terrorising their town.
It was the first time Penn worked with Anne Bancroft.[2]
O'Brien recalled Penn as "terrific".[3]