Exile

Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)

Yul Brynner stars in this western set in New Mexico just after the end of the American Civil War. A confederate soldier returns to his home town that was on the Union side to find his farm has been sold and the locals end up hiring Yul Brynner to come and get rid of him.

As with many westerns we again have the theme of outsiders and their conflict with the community, it is also hard not to look at the plot in terms of the black listing going on in Hollywood at the time much as with High Noon (1952). Ultimately it turns out that the sort of people that would hire a killer to get rid of someone for their political beliefs are not very nice people either. This is a well written piece with different groups and they all have their own motivations even if it is not the most action filled or best paced film ever it does end up being a good political allegory.

4/5 worth watching.