6.1
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)
Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)
Overview
In New Mexico, a Confederate veteran returns home to find his fiancée married to a Union soldier, his Yankee neighbors rallied against him and his property sold by the local banker who then hires a gunman to kill him.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Positive
Viewer Rating
6.1
Overview
In New Mexico, a Confederate veteran returns home to find his fiancée married to a Union soldier, his Yankee neighbors rallied against him and his property sold by the local banker who then hires a gunman to kill him.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's central conflict, rooted in racial prejudice and the abuse of power by a community elite against a marginalized individual, aligns its dominant themes with progressive values of social justice and anti-discrimination.
This 1964 Western features a cast predominantly aligned with traditional Hollywood casting practices of its era, without visible intentional diversity or explicit race/gender swaps. The narrative explores themes common to the Western genre, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering DEI themes.
Secondary
The film portrays a community that professes Christian values but acts with extreme prejudice and hypocrisy, particularly towards outsiders and minorities. The narrative critiques this misuse of faith to justify bigotry, implicitly affirming the virtues that the characters fail to embody.
Invitation to a Gunfighter is a Western film that does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on a town's conflict with a returning Confederate veteran, without engaging with queer identity or experiences.
This film is a Western focusing on a gunfighter hired to deal with a returning Civil War veteran. There are no identifiable transsexual characters or themes present in the narrative, thus the portrayal is not applicable to the rubric.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
This film is an adaptation of a 1957 television play. A review of the main characters and plot indicates no instances where a character's established gender from the source material was changed in the film adaptation.
The film is an adaptation of a 1957 TV episode. Analysis of the main characters and their portrayals in both the original and the 1964 film does not indicate any instance where a character's established race was changed.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
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5.9
Critic Ratings
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