Invitation To A Gunfighter

Starring: Janice Rule, Yul Brynner Original UK Premiere: 1964 Dvd Release: 14th March, 2005 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Region 2 Encoding Subtitled In: Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Italian, Spanish, Swedish Dubbed In: French, German, Italian, Spanish

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Yul Brynner, original name Yul Bryner or Taidje Khan was an exotic actor born in Sakhalin, Russia who appeared in many movies & stage productions. His mother was Russian & his father was the Swiss-Mongolian consul general to Russia. Brynners best-known role was that of King Mongkut of Siam in both the stage & film versions of the musical The King & I, for which he won an Academy Award as Best Actor. He is one of only seven people who have won both a Tony Award & an Academy Award for the same role. He made an immediate impact upon first starring in films in 1956, appearing not only in The King & I that year, but also in major roles in The Ten Commandments & Anastasia. He later starred in such films as Solomon & Sheba, The Magnificent Seven & Westworld. Brynner died in New York City at the age of either 65 or 70 of lung cancer caused by smoking. In January 1985, nine months before his death, he gave an interview on Good Morning America, expressing his desire to make an anti-smoking commercial.

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