The Fastest Gun Alive

The Fastest Gun Alive

Infobox Film
name = The Fastest Gun Alive


caption = Theatrical release poster
director = Russell Rouse
producer = Clarence Greene
writer = Frank D. Gilroy
Russell Rouse
starring = Glenn Ford
Jeanne Crain
Broderick Crawford
Russ Tamblyn
Allyn Joslyn
cinematography = George J. Folsey
editing = Harry V. Knapp
Ferris Webster
distributor = MGM
released = July 12, 1956 USA
runtime = 89 min.
country = USA
language = English
budget =
music =
awards =
imdb_id = 0049201
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"The Fastest Gun Alive" is a 1956 western film starring Glenn Ford, Jeanne Crain and Broderick Crawford.

Plot summary

Notorious gunslinger George Kelby Jr. (Glenn Ford) and his wife Dora (Jeanne Crain) settle down in a peaceful little town under assumed identities to avoid having to continually face men out to become famous for shooting down the "fastest gun alive". George becomes a mild-mannered tea-totaling shopkeeper little respected by the other townsfolk.

One day, the whole town hears the news that outlaw Vinnie Harold (Broderick Crawford) has gunned down Clint Fallon, reputedly the fastest gun in the west. George's pride is stung. Eventually, he becomes so frustrated, he gets drunk and blurts out his secret. When the citizens disbelieve him, he gives them a demonstration of his skill.

Harold finds out and, backed up by fellow bank robbers Taylor Swope (John Dehner) and Dink Wells (Noah Beery, Jr.), threatens to burn down the whole town unless George faces him. With no other choice, George outdraws and kills Harold. When a posse pursuing the outlaws shows up, the townspeople claim that the two men shot each other dead, allowing George and Dora to resume their peaceful existence.

Notable

Russ Tamblyn, who later co-starred in West Side Story (1961), performs a dance routine during a hoe-down early in the film that includes a remarkable "shovel" dance, i.e. dancing on shovels used as stilts.

Cast

*Glenn Ford as George Kelby Jr./George Temple
*Jeanne Crain as Dora
*Broderick Crawford as Vinnie Harold
*Russ Tamblyn as Eric Doolittle
*Allyn Joslyn as Harvey Maxwell
*Leif Erickson as Lou Glover
*John Dehner as Taylor Swope
*Noah Beery, Jr. as Dink Wells

External links

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