Legend of a Gunfighter (German: Heiss weht der Wind, lit. 'The Wind Blows Hot'; also known as Mein Freund Shorty, 'My Friend Shorty') is a 1964 Western film from West Germany. It stars Thomas Fritsch and was directed by Rolf Olsen. It was part of a boom in German westerns following the success of the Karl May series of adaptations.

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Legend of a Gunfighter
Directed by	Rolf Olsen
Written by	Paul Clydeburn Don Sharp
Produced by	Kurt Ulrich
Starring	Thomas Fritsch Walter Giller Judith Dornys Gustav Knuth Heidemarie Hatheyer Peter Neusser [de; fr] Ingrid van Bergen Ron Randell Rudolf Schündler
Cinematography	Hanns Matula [de; fr]
Edited by	Friedel Welsandt
Music by	Erwin Halletz
Production companies	Berolina Film Wiener Stadthalle-Station Betriebs-und Produktionsgesellschaft
Distributed by	Nora-Filmverleih (W.Germany) Bavaria Film (Austria)
Release dates	26 November 1964 (1964-11-26) (West Germany) December 1964 (1964-12) (Austria)
Running time	102 minutes
Countries	West Germany Austria
Language	German

It was co written by Don Sharp and co-starred Ron Randell. Both men were Australians.[1][2] Location shooting took place in Croatia and Slovenia. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann, Leo Metzenbauer and Otto Pischinger.

Plot

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Cast

• Thomas Fritsch as Chris Harper
• Gustav Knuth as Richard Bradley
• Judith Dornys as Meg Bradley
• Heidemarie Hatheyer as Ann Bradley
• Ingrid van Bergen as Linda
• Ilse Peternell
• Peter Neusser as Jack Bradley
• Rudolf Schündler as Rufus Harper
• Ron Randell as Al Nutting
• Walter Giller as Spike Sunday
• Demeter Bitenc

References

External links

• Legend of a Gunfighter at IMDb

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