The Gunfighter (1917 film) explained

The Gunfighter
Director:	William S. Hart
Producer:	Thomas H. Ince
Screenplay:	Monte M. Katterjohn
Starring:	William S. Hart Margery Wilson Roy Laidlaw
Cinematography:	Joseph August
Studio:	Kay-Bee Pictures / New York Motion Picture Co.
Distributor:	Triangle Film Corporation
Runtime:	5 reels
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent English intertitles

The Gun Fighter, on posters The Gunfighter, is a 1917 American silent Western film directed by and starring William S. Hart as the leader of a group of Arizona outlaws, and co-starred Margery Wilson and Roy Laidlaw.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Cast

• William S. Hart as Cliff Hudspeth
• Margery Wilson as Norma Wright
• Roy Laidlaw as El Salvador
• Joseph J. Dowling as 'Ace High' Larkins (credited as J.J. Dowling)
• Milton Ross as 'Cactus' Fuller
• J.P. Lockney as Col. Ellis Lawton
• Georgie Stone as Georgie Stone

External links

• • • The Gunfighter (1917): A Silent Film Review at moviessilently.com

Notes and References

1. The BFI Companion to the Western, p. 132, 1988 - "In since the earliest days; in The Gunfighter (1917) William S. Hart plays Cliff Hudspeth, the gunfighter of the title, who is the leader of a band of Arizona outlaws."
2. Richard Aquila The Sagebrush Trail: Western Movies and Twentieth-Century America 2015 "William S. Hart is in the center holding two guns in this still from The Gunfighter (Kay-Bee Pictures/New York Motion Picture Company, 1917). Hart's time on that which is good.”
3. James Robert Parish, Michael R. Pitts The Great Western Pictures II, 1988, p. 138 – "The Gunfighter locals mistake them for big-time investors and make them welcome. ... The Gunfighter (Triangle, 1916) five reels Producer, Thomas H. Ince; director, William S. Hart; screenplay, Monte J. Katterjohn; art director, ..."