''Son of a Gunfighter'' (

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: ''El Hijo del Pistolero'') is a 1965

- American

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film directed by

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. It was the last

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film to be shot in CinemaScope.

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was cast as "Son of a Gunfighter" in

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Plot

Along the Mexican–American border, outlaws rob a

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then attack a stagecoach and find themselves defeated with the help of an ace gunman who seems to be looking for the group leader. After being injured in a shoot-out with

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, the young man continues his quest, aided by the Mexican rancher the bandits were trying to rob.

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* * 1965 films Films shot in Spain 1965 Western (genre) films CinemaScope films American Western (genre) films Spanish Western (genre) films English-language Spanish films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films 1960s English-language films 1960s American films {{1960s-Western-film-stub

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