Movie
The Fastest Gun Alive
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1956-07-12
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Genres
- Drama, Western
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Glenn Ford as George Temple / George Kelby, Jr.
- Jeanne Crain as Dora Temple
- 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
- J.M. Kerrigan as Kevin McGovern
- Rhys Williams as Brian Tibbs
- Virginia Gregg as Rose Tibbs
- Chubby Johnson as Frank Stringer
Crew
- Russell Rouse - Director
- Frank D. Gilroy - Screenplay
- Russell Rouse - Screenplay
- Frank D. Gilroy - Story
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