The Gunfighter (1950)
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"Many westerns deconstruct the genre’s mythology to reframe figures and events that have strayed too far into the realm of legend, but few do so with such thought-provoking complexity as Henry King’s The Gunfighter. After notorious gunslinger Jimmy Ringo (Gregory Peck) moseys his way into the town of Cayenne, where his wife (Helen Westcott) and the son he’s never met live, the film becomes a full-blown scrutiny on the nature of reputation in the Wild West. King creates a prismatic portrait "

"Henry King's unusual Western 'The Gunfighter' is a superb examination of the effects of celebrity on an unwilling recipient. More of a thoughtful drama than a rip-roaring adventure, 'The Gunfighter' merely wears the clothes of a Western. From its flashy title, one might expect an action-packed thriller but 'The Gunfighter' is actually about a man who is trying his hardest to put all that behind him. Gregory Peck plays Jimmy Ringo, a man renowned for his unrivalled skill with a pistol who is forc"