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* ShowdownAtHighNoon: Averted; the duel takes place at 4pm, with the contestants drawing on the fourth toll of the bell tower.
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* ShowdownAtHighNoon: Averted; Averted timewise as the duel takes place at 4pm, with the contestants drawing on the fourth toll of the bell tower.tower. Justified for everything else, as the duel has been arranged as a public spectacle, so it makes sense for them to stand out in the open and shoot at each other. However see DeconstructedTrope.
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* ShowdownAtHighNoon: Tenneray and Cross stage a gunfight in the middle of a bullring.
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* ShowdownAtHighNoon: Tenneray and Cross stage a gunfight in Averted; the middle duel takes place at 4pm, with the contestants drawing on the fourth toll of a bullring.the bell tower.
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* HeCleansUpNicely: An understated version. Abe Cross arrives in town after months prospecting in the desert. Following a bath, shave, haircut and a new set of clothes, Jenny watches him walk along the street from an upstairs window and remarks that he looks "almost handsome".
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* ThunderDome: The bullfighting ring is the most prominent structure in Bajo Rio. It becomes the venue for the gunfight between Tenneray and Cross.
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* ThunderDome: TheThunderdome: The bullfighting ring is the most prominent structure in Bajo Rio. It becomes the venue for the gunfight between Tenneray and Cross.
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* YoungGun: A young gunfighter (played by Creator/KeithCarradine) challenges both Will and Abe to a fight; not caring which one he faces and hoping to take one of their places in the upcoming gunfight. After he shoots the marshal, Will throws down with him and kills him.
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* YoungGun: A young gunfighter (played by Creator/KeithCarradine) challenges both Will and Abe to a fight; showdown; not caring which one he faces and hoping to take one of their places in the upcoming gunfight. After he shoots the marshal, Will throws down with him and kills him.
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* TunderDome: The bullfighting ring is the most prominent structure in Rio Bajo. In becomes the venue for the gunfight between Tenneray and Cross.
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* TunderDome: ThunderDome: The bullfighting ring is the most prominent structure in Rio Bajo. In Bajo Rio. It becomes the venue for the gunfight between Tenneray and Cross.
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* TunderDome: The bullfighting ring is the most prominent structure in Rio Bajo. In becomes the venue for the gunfight between Tenneray and Cross.
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* SoiledDove: Abe's girlfriend Jenny is a 'dance girl' who works at Marv's saloon.
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* SoiledDove: Abe's girlfriend Jenny is a 'dance girl' who works at Marv's saloon.saloon, and probably the most decent person in the film.
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* OffIntoTheDistanceEnding: The film ends with Abe riding out of town into the bleak desert. Bud stands staring at him as he goes, and Abe never looks back.
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* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The theme song "A Gunfight" is written and performed by Music/JohnnyCash.
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* YoungGun: A young gunfighter (played by Creator/KeithCarradine) challenges both Will and Abe to a fight; not caring which one he faces and hoping to take one of their places in the upcoming gunfight. After he shoots the marshal, Will throws down with him and kills him.
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* WouldHitAGirl: Will slaps his wife Nora when she calls him a liar.
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* SoiledDove: Abe's girlfriend Jenny is a 'dance girl' who works at Marv's saloon.
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* ZipMeUp: After a heated exchange in Abe's room, Jenny gets Abe to button up the back of dress before she leaves. Abe does it without really thinking about what he is doing.
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* ShootTheDog: Abe is forced to shoot his beloved horse in the head after it succumbs to rattlesnake venom.
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* BeastlyBloodsports: The film opens with a bullfight taking place in the village across the border. It is this event that gets Tenneray reasoning that if people will pay to watch a bull die, then they will pay to watch a man die.
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* BeastlyBloodsports: The Early in the film opens with a bullfight taking takes place in the village across the border. It is this event that gets Tenneray reasoning that if people will pay to watch a bull die, then they will pay to watch a man die.
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* SuckThePoisonOut: Abe cuts his horse's leg and sucks the poison out after the horse is bitten by a rattlesnake.
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* SuckThePoisonOut: SuckOutThePoison: Abe cuts his horse's leg and sucks the poison out after the horse is bitten by a rattlesnake.
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* BeardOfSorrow: At the start of the film, Abe Cross has been living in the wilderness for months without bathing or shaving. When he rides into town, he is sporting unkempt hair and a shaggy beard.
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* SuckThePoisonOut: Abe cuts his horse's leg and sucks the poison out after the horse is bitten by a rattlesnake.
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* DeconstedTrope: Of the classic ShowdownAtHighNoon. The gunfight between Tenneray and Cross is short, brutal, and in no way heroic or romantic. It horrifies and disgusts the people who had paid to watch it.
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* DeconstedTrope: DeconstructedTrope: Of the classic ShowdownAtHighNoon. The gunfight between Tenneray and Cross is short, brutal, and in no way heroic or romantic. It horrifies and disgusts the people who had paid to watch it.
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* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the classic ShowdownAtHighNoon. The gunfight between Tenneray and Cross is short, brutal, and in no way heroic or romantic. It horrifies and disgusts the people who had paid to watch it.
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* {{Deconstruction}}: DeconstedTrope: Of the classic ShowdownAtHighNoon. The gunfight between Tenneray and Cross is short, brutal, and in no way heroic or romantic. It horrifies and disgusts the people who had paid to watch it.
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* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the classic ShowdownAtHighNoon. The gunfight between Tenneray and Cross is short, brutal, and in no way heroic or romantic. It horrifies and disgusts the people who had paid to watch it.
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* FantasySequence: The film ends with an extended fantasy sequence showing what might have happened if Tenneray had won the gunfight instead of Cross. It is left as exercise for the viewer if this is occurring in Cross's imagination or Nora's.
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a_gunfight.jpg]]
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* ShowdownAtHighName: Tenneray and Cross stage a gunfight in the middle of a bullring.
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* BeastlyBloodsprts: The film opens with a bullfight taking place in the village across the border. It is this event that gets Tenneray reasoning that if people will pay to watch a bull die, then they will pay to watch a man die.
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* BeastlyBloodsprts: BeastlyBloodsports: The film opens with a bullfight taking place in the village across the border. It is this event that gets Tenneray reasoning that if people will pay to watch a bull die, then they will pay to watch a man die.
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''A Gunfight'' is a Western movie from 1971 directed by Lamont Johnson, starring Creator/KirkDouglas and Music/JohnnyCash.
Will Tenneray and Abe Cross are two aging, famous gunfighters, both in need of money. Cross rides into town, having failed as a gold prospector. His reputation is such that everyone expects him to shoot it out with Tenneray, who capitalizes on his legend by working at the saloon to "sucker fools into buying drinks." To the town's surprise, Tenneray and Cross take a liking to one another. There is no hostility between them whatsoever.
Tenneray is desperate for money, however. He comes up with the idea to stage a duel to the death in a bullfight arena, with the ticket proceeds going to the winner. Unfortunately, by killing Cross, he reasons to Nora, his wife, "I could lose my best friend." The actual gunfight is shot in a low-key and unromanticised fashion, and is over in a couple of seconds, Cross killing Tenneray with the first bullet.
There is an extended fantasy sequence near the end, where we see what might have happened if Tenneray had won. It is open to interpretation if this is Cross's fantasy or Tenneray's widow's fantasy.
!! ''A Gunfight'' contains examples of:
* BeastlyBloodsprts: The film opens with a bullfight taking place in the village across the border. It is this event that gets Tenneray reasoning that if people will pay to watch a bull die, then they will pay to watch a man die.
* GladiatorGames: The paid gunfight between Tenneray and Cross is an updated version of this.
* ShowdownAtHighName: Tenneray and Cross stage a gunfight in the middle of a bullring.
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Will Tenneray and Abe Cross are two aging, famous gunfighters, both in need of money. Cross rides into town, having failed as a gold prospector. His reputation is such that everyone expects him to shoot it out with Tenneray, who capitalizes on his legend by working at the saloon to "sucker fools into buying drinks." To the town's surprise, Tenneray and Cross take a liking to one another. There is no hostility between them whatsoever.
Tenneray is desperate for money, however. He comes up with the idea to stage a duel to the death in a bullfight arena, with the ticket proceeds going to the winner. Unfortunately, by killing Cross, he reasons to Nora, his wife, "I could lose my best friend." The actual gunfight is shot in a low-key and unromanticised fashion, and is over in a couple of seconds, Cross killing Tenneray with the first bullet.
There is an extended fantasy sequence near the end, where we see what might have happened if Tenneray had won. It is open to interpretation if this is Cross's fantasy or Tenneray's widow's fantasy.
!! ''A Gunfight'' contains examples of:
* BeastlyBloodsprts: The film opens with a bullfight taking place in the village across the border. It is this event that gets Tenneray reasoning that if people will pay to watch a bull die, then they will pay to watch a man die.
* GladiatorGames: The paid gunfight between Tenneray and Cross is an updated version of this.
* ShowdownAtHighName: Tenneray and Cross stage a gunfight in the middle of a bullring.
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