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The Fastest Gun Alive
WHAT HAPPENS in the next few minutes makes one of the most dramatic climaxes of any story you've ever seen!
Whenever it becomes known how good he is with guns, ex-gunman George and his wife Dora have to flee the town, in fear of all the gunmen who might want to challenge him. Unfortunately he again spills his secret when he's drunk. All citizens swear to keep his secret and support him to give up his guns forever -- but a boy tells the story to a gang of wanted criminals. Their leader threatens to burn down the whole town, if he doesn't duel him.
- Original title
- The Fastest Gun Alive
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
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Jul 12, 2026 · via TMDB
You might have thought that after having to make a few moonlight flits with wife "Dora" (Jeanne Crain) after it was discovered he was a renowned gunslinger, "George" (Glenn Ford) might have learned to keep his trap shut. Sadly, though, the demon drink is not always his friend and when he blabs about his ertwhile skills with a six-gun, he attracts the unwanted attention of hard-man "Vinnie" (Broderick Crawford) who is determined that there is no man better than he with a gun. Teamed up with a trio of bank-robbing ne'er do wells, he arrives in their sleepy town of Cross Creek and gradually his interest in escaping the pursuing posse is supplanted by his determination to provoke the now unarmed "George" into a duel. As the tension mounts, we learn a little of just what convinced him to seek a more peaceable life with a wife who knows of his past, and who is wholly supportive of his new life and appreciative of it's difficulties in the face of a gossiping town and a shrewd and vengeful foe who knows exactly which buttons to push to antagnosie both the town and the couple. Though Ford takes top billing and acquits himself fine and Crain has more of a part to sink her teeth into too, it's really Crawford who impresses here with his almost megalomaniacal portrayal of a natural born killer and as the latter stages of this - once we have forgotten the images of Russ Tamblyn dancing on a pair of shovels - develop, the almost glisteningly sweaty tension increases towards a conclusion that isn't anywhere near the fait accompli that you might have expected at the outset. I always enjoy a good baddie in a western, and Crawford delivers strongly here.
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Glenn Ford
George Temple / George Kelby, Jr.
Jeanne Crain
Dora Temple
Broderick Crawford
Vinnie Harold
Russ Tamblyn
Eric Doolittle
Allyn Joslyn
Harvey Maxwell
Leif Erickson
Lou Glover
John Dehner
Taylor Swope
Noah Beery Jr.
Dink Wells
J.M. Kerrigan
Kevin McGovern
Rhys Williams
Brian Tibbs
Virginia Gregg
Rose Tibbs
Chubby Johnson
Frank Stringer
John Doucette
Ben Buddy
William Phillips
Lars Toomey
Christopher Olsen
Bobby Tibbs
Paul Birch
Sheriff Bill Toledo (Yellowfork)
Joseph Sweeney
Reverend
Walter Baldwin
Man Who Warns Vinny (uncredited)
Ray Bennett
Townsman (uncredited)
Don Burnett
Fred Fenwick (uncredited)
Nora Bush
Mrs. Eddy (uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers
Jim Drews (uncredited)
John Cliff
Swamper (uncredited)
G. Pat Collins
Josh Wilson (uncredited)
Walter Coy
Clint Fallon (uncredited)
Richard H. Cutting
Accordianist (uncredited)
John Dierkes
Cross Creek Townsman (uncredited)
Harvey B. Dunn
Teller (uncredited)
Betty Farrington
Grace Fenwick (uncredited)
John Halloran
Townsman (uncredited)
Louis Jean Heydt
Townsman (uncredited)
Earle Hodgins
Medicine Man (uncredited)
Ray Jones
Townsman (uncredited)
Jack Kenny
Silver Rapids Townsman (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis
Tucker Eddy (uncredited)
Kenneth MacDonald
Roebel (uncredited)
Kermit Maynard
Silver Rapids Deputy (uncredited)
John McKee
Deputy (uncredited)
Monte Montague
Townsman (uncredited)
J. Pat O'Malley
Cross Creek Townsman (uncredited)
Bud Osborne
Rancher (uncredited)
Carl Pitti
Earl Held (uncredited)
Addison Richards
Doc Jennings (uncredited)
Buddy Roosevelt
Barfly (uncredited)
Ray Spiker
Silver Rapids Townsman (uncredited)
Glenn Strange
Sheriff in Silver Rapids (uncredited)
Dub Taylor
Nolan Brown (uncredited)
Jeri Weil
Linda Hutchins (uncredited)
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
George J. Folsey
Director of Photography
Walter Plunkett
Costume Design
William Tuttle
Makeup Artist
Alex Romero
Choreographer
Carl Pitti
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André Previn
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Frank D. Gilroy
Screenplay
Frank D. Gilroy
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