Jimmy Ringo is still revered and feared as the deadliest draw in the West, but as Ringo's blood lust subsides so those eager to take his place escalates, and what better way to prove your metal than face off against the man himself? The Gunfighter is a classic example of the ‘your actions have consequences' moral fable, as so many of the very best westerns are. A tense and thoughtful picture of a man whose past will never allow him a future.