The fastest gun alive 1956 glenn ford, jeanne crain, broderick crawford. Of all the gunmen of the old west this is the only one that gives me the shivvers. Fastest gun alive movie tv listings and schedule tv guide. The fastest gun in the south line raises the hairs on my arms every time. Who was the fastest draw youve seen in a western movie or. When three bank robbers on the lam stop in town to change horses george temples past comes back to haunt him. That he is, but he just doesnt know where to aim it. In this western, a pacifistic store owner does all he can to avoid association with his father, a notorious gunfighter. The ballad of irving frank gallop top onehit wonders.
By the 1960s, cinema and television had made johnny ringo a popular western character known throughout the united states and in parts of europe. Designed in 1960s, this weapon spat fury from helicopters and armored. Together with jolly jumper, his trusty and loyal talking horse, they maintain law and order. After making the promise to their not really dying father, bambino is stuck with trinity and has to teach him the secrets of horsestealing. The gunfighter 1950 full movie download full hd youtube. Watch online or on your favorite connected device with the vudu app. In the western frontier town of cross creek storekeeper george temple is a polite and soft.
Part of the american credo is a belief that famous shootists of the west were expert marksmen. Plus, watch over 4,500 free movies on vudu movies on us. The term gun slinger was used in the western film drag harlan 1920. The james boys was comin on a train at first sun, and the town said, irving, we need your gun. Gun that won the west it was kinda watery looking, but it was a good movie. As a result, the publics perception of john ringo has been based largely on the legendary johnny ringo deadly gunfighter, gentleman outlaw the fastest gun in all the west, the quickest ever known. A pardoned stagecoach robber, becomes government agent and marries a naive unsuspecting eastcoast dentist in order to join a wagon train and catch the smugglers who have been selling guns to the indians.
Billy the kid, who was also known as henry mccarty or william h. According to the fastest gun who ever lived, bob munden, davis was the second fastest draw in hollywood, trailing only jerry lewis. Although theres no definitive way to determine who was actually the fastest gun in the old west, there are several gunslingers who are counted among the deadliest, including wild bill hickok, john wesley hardin and dan bogan. Son of a notorious fastdrawing sheriff, george kelby jr. Ann savage, tom neal, john hodiak, robert stack, george montgomery, nancy gates, brett king, richard denning, dennis morgan, paula raymond, lex barker, patricia medina, barbara lawrence, william castle.
The dusty saddle cinema presents, the fastest gun alive. The circumstances surrounding these exploits are not likely to ever be duplicated again so their positions seem safe for all time. The shakiest gun in the west passed 1h 41min action, adventure, comedy 10 july 1968 usa a pardoned stagecoach robber, becomes government agent and marries a naive unsuspecting eastcoast dentist in order to join a wagon train and catch the smugglers who have been selling guns to the indians. Watch george temple in a great scene from the 1956 western classic film.
Fastest gun in the west all the tropes wiki fandom. In his introduction to the shootist 1976, author glendon swarthout says gunslinger and gunfighter are modern terms, and the more authentic terms for the period would have been. The fastest gun in the west has the ultimate quick draw. But in the real 19thcentury west, there probably werent a handful of men who could fan as fast as mcgivern.
Ford and his wife dora jeanne crain settle down in the peaceful town of cross creek as the owner of a general store under assumed identities to avoid. The fastest draw and finest pistol shot in the old west. Enjoyed this film mainly because i like broderick crawford, vinnie harold who was too old and too fat to be the fastest gun in this film and a great young star glenn ford, george temple who had dark deep secrets to hid in the small town of cross creek. Story of a reluctant gunslinger, cute wife, charming townsfolk. Rent, buy, and watch movies and tv shows with vudu. The wild west was the home of many colorful often disreputable characters. In the 1920s and 1930s, ed mcgivern became the worlds fastest gun when he was electronically timed fanning five shots out of a colt singleaction revolver into a handsized target in 1. A western with a message the whole family can enjoy. My watchlist keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all. Hes also the sheriff of the merry but very unruly frontier settlement, daisy town. As a result, he wins every duel he ends up in, and others tend to be reluctant to fight him. But nevertheless, everywhere he goes he finds young, upstart little pipsqueaks who want to prove their worth by challenging him to a shootout. The hundred and fortysecond fastest gun in the west. According to some, logan was considered the fastest gun in the west and is thought to be the basis for the sundance kid character as depicted by hollywood.
The wild west of nineteenth century america was at times a chaotic and unruly place, not helped by the lack of law enforcement officials. The first fast draw competition took place at knotts berry farm in 1954. With don knotts, barbara rhoades, jackie coogan, don red barry. The fastest gun alive is a 1956 mgm western film starring glenn ford, jeanne crain, and. Glenn ford makes it twice into my my top four westerns which are shane, high noon, 310 to yuma and this one. In the western frontier town of cross creek storekeeper george temple is a polite and soft spoken man with a secret past. The last challenge this polished version of the standard western tale has ford as the town sheriff with the fastest gun in the west reputation. In one clint is at a fast draw competition and is shown outdrawing robert fuller and john smith of laramie using the holster you mentioned. Here, robert walsh debunks the myths and shares what really happened.
Notrated the fastest gun alive 1956 turner entertainment co. The little guy on the right, playing billy the kid in this episode, is joel grey, actor and dancer and father of jennifer grey, who was in ferris buellers day off, dirty dancing. Much early western literature deals with seemingly incredible shooting that has never been equaled. In a previous answer see answer to could freelance mercenaries be compared to nomad cowboys of the old west. That is until the dalton brothers show up and all heck breaks loose. The cast of the fastest gun in texas 2005 includes. The fastest gun alive 1956 glenn ford, jeanne crain, broderick. The bugs bunny cartoon hare trigger has yosemite sam in his debut challenging bugs to draw a gun in one second. The rest of the movie is basically a collection of positively sidesplitting exchanges between the two brothers and whoever they meet along the way, overthetop brawls, gambling, gun twirling, improbable.
Davis presented munden with a customized colt peacemaker in recognition of mundens skill after they appeared together on the mike douglas show 1961. The 3 deadliest gunfighting pistols of all time gun digest. Fastest gun from the west meets fastest gun from the east youtube. James garner as bret maverick schools some of the west s worst in gun handling. Upstarts challenge the fastest gun in the west, a haunted man trying to escape his reputation. The fastest gun alive is a 1956 mgm western film starring glenn ford, jeanne crain, and broderick crawford directed by russell rouse. To be frank, gallops saga of the 142nd fastest gun in the west didnt exactly gallop way up the billboard top 40, reaching only number 34 in 1966, but it did reach number 2 on the adult contemporary chart the ac chart. Every twobit varmint in the state wants to take a piece outta this guy to make themselves more badass.
The fastest gun alive may be bob munden, holder of the world fast draw record. With glenn ford, jeanne crain, broderick crawford, russ tamblyn. The 25 best gunfighters in tv and movie history complex. No one could say this a classic or even a great movie in the genre. In a book the fastest guns alive by arganbright there tons of pics of actors involved in fast draw. Gregory peck is the gunfighter, the fastest gun in the west but he doesnt want to be that anymore, and it becomes increasingly unclear that it was never a goal of his to begin with. Watch the gunfighter full movie in hd visit movie 17409 the fastest gun in the west tries to escape his reputation. They dont make westerns like this anymore, more is the pity. The fastest gun alive photos view all photos 3 movie info. However, this fearsome reputation tends to bring unwanted attention. The fastest guns in the west 8 william castle westerns. The fastest gun alive may not be a perfect moviethe first acts silly. Btw, the image of the old west fast gunfighter squaring off in the street is pretty much fantasy.
The three greatest gunfighting pistols of all time, based on the number of kills and casualties made with them, are the luger, the m1911a1 and the colt single action army. Broderick crawfords vinnie harold isnt the most multilayered western bad guy but hes. Eaton 1860 1958 packs the fastest guns in the indian territory. According to a trivia tidbit in the big valley thread. There is no qualification as to whether this actually is breck, himself, drawing a revolver from a holster. The slowest gun in the west, the fastest draw on tv. Logan participated in a series of robberies in south dakota, wyoming, new mexico and colorado, and wild west magazine even claims that he was the wildest of the wild bunch. Dont know if he was fastest but he was the baddest. Watch the fastest gun alive full movie video dailymotion. Quick draw mcgraw is billed as the fastest gun in the west. Jeremy berns as the fastest gun in texas kal elhajoui as the bandit chief danny ladwa as bandido nou. When that train pulled in at the break of dawn, irvings gun was there, but irving was gone. Nobody can draw and fire a gun faster than this guy.
He also beat peter brown who is a great gun twirler. Fast isnt everything in a gun fight, first you have to be willing to kill someone, then youve got to be accurate. Fast guns of hollywood sass wire saloon sass wire forum. Thats a tough oneespecially since they never shot it out with one another. Watch how worlds fastest gun fires 1 million rounds per. From its slowbuilding tension to its clever reveals, fastest gun. Find out when and where you can watch fastest gun alive on tv with the full listings schedule at. There arent too many leadpumping, saddlepounding westerns on tv these days, so its easy to think of justifieds raylan givens timothy olyphant as the best gunman around.
The latter two reportedly had a little runin at abilene, kansas, in 1871. A ccording to the guinness world records, the machine gun in service with the highest rate of fire is the m4 minigun. Western gunslinger myths marksmanship in the old west. A common misconception about gunfighters is that fast was the defining factor in their success. Lucky luke is the fastest gun in the west even faster than his own shadow. According to wildest westerns magazine, peter breck was able to draw his gun in 16100 of a second, making the character of nick barkley the fastest draw in television history.