Ia tusi se faaauauga o lenei palakalafa - I le 1936, na siitia atu ai Ritter i Los Angeles. O lana ata tifaga muamua o le "Song of the Gringo" (1936) mo le Grand National Pictures. E 70 ana ata tifaga na fai, ma e 76 foʻi ata tifaga na fai ai ana pese. Na ia tosina mai faapitoa le gauai i le 1952 mo lona tuuina atu o le "The Ballad of High Noon" i luga o le amataina o tupe o le ata tifaga lauiloa "High Noon", ma mulimuli ane usuina i lena tausaga Academy Awards sauniga
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