Playhouse 90 Invitation to a Gunfighter (Season 1, Episode 23)
TV Episode | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

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Playhouse 90

Invitation to a Gunfighter (Season 1, Episode 23)

TV Episode | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A gunfighter is terrorizing a small western town. The townspeople finally pool their money to a hire another gunfighter to drive him out of town. The townsfolk thought they had it bad until they handed the reigns over to the new terror. ...See moreA gunfighter is terrorizing a small western town. The townspeople finally pool their money to a hire another gunfighter to drive him out of town. The townsfolk thought they had it bad until they handed the reigns over to the new terror. Pooling their money again, this time to hire Jeffers to get rid of Dancer. See less

Director

Arthur Penn

Writers

Hal Goodman (story) | Larry Klein (story) | Leslie Stevens (written by)

Producer

Martin Manulis

Composer

Russell Garcia

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Edit Released

Updated Mar 7, 1957

Release date

Mar 7, 1957 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 13 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 6 wins & 36 nominations

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15 cast members

Name	Known for
Richard Joy Self - Announcer (as Dick Joy) Self - Announcer (as Dick Joy) See fewer	December Bride (1954)
Hugh O'Brian Matt Jeffers Matt Jeffers See fewer	The Shootist (1976)
Anne Bancroft Julie Bickford Julie Bickford See fewer	The Graduate (1967)
Gilbert Roland Dancer Dancer See fewer	The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Pat O'Brien Sheriff Kyle Bickford Sheriff Kyle Bickford See fewer	Some Like It Hot (1959)
Ray Collins Harris Clayton Harris Clayton See fewer	Citizen Kane (1941)
Milton Parsons Tuttle Tuttle See fewer	The Hidden Hand (1942)
Anne Barton Mrs. Medford (as Ann Barton) Mrs. Medford (as Ann Barton) See fewer	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Don Beddoe McKeever McKeever See fewer	The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Paul Brinegar Baxter Baxter See fewer	Rawhide (1959)
Jack Palance Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	City Slickers (1991)
Joseph Perry Deputy Blue (as Joe Perry) Deputy Blue (as Joe Perry) See fewer	A Mother's Story (2011)
John Shay Hollard Hollard See fewer	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Adam Williams Medford Medford See fewer	North by Northwest (1959)
Jack Kenny Townsman (uncredited) Townsman (uncredited) See fewer	The Northern Code (1925)