Plot of Widmark film: Even though Marshal Frank Patch (the US) has kept the peace in Cottonwood Springs (the world) for over twenty years, he is now the laughing stock of the town liberals (the rest of the world) who want some new blood (the BRICs) in the Marshall's Office.
When Patch (the US) shoots the drunken Luke Mills (Iraq) in self-defense they (the rest of the world) get the excuse they had been waiting for. The local newspaper editor, Andrew Oxley, (The Arabs) then demands his resignation but Patch (The US) refuses to quit and then disgraces Oxley (The Arabs) so badly in front of his son Will (Russia, China, India, Brazil) that Oxley (The Arabs) kills himself. Blaming Patch (The US) for his father's death, Will (Russia, China, India, Brazil) wants nothing more than to see Patch (The US) dead. Then against he advice of his friends, (Australia, New Zealand)) Patch (The US) refuses to quit and decides to marry Claire, (the UK) the owner of the local saloon and whore house. But when Will (Russia, China, India, Brazil) shows up at the wedding uninvited with his pistols loaded and reeking of liquor, a showdown is inevitable...
BRIC Brazil Russia India China
"Death of a gunfighter" directed by Don Siegel 1969 |
