The Fastest Gun Alive

1956

Drama / Western

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 72% · 4 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 72% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.1/10 10 3926 3.9K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Russell Rouse Photo
Russell Rouse

Top cast

Virginia Gregg Photo
Virginia Gregg as Rose Tibbs
John Dehner Photo
John Dehner as Taylor Swope
Joseph Sweeney Photo
Joseph Sweeney as Reverend
J. Pat O'Malley Photo
J. Pat O'Malley as Cross Creek Townsman
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821.23 MB
1280*692
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 29 min
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1.49 GB
1920*1038
English 2.0
NR
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 29 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by adrianovasconcelos 8 / 10

Strong characters and script in solid Western

Directed with poise and aplomb by Russell Rouse (an illustrious unknown to me), with very good B&W photography, and terrific performances by Glenn Ford, Broderick Crawford and John Dehner, what I particularly like about this movie is its script (apart from a dancing number featuring Russ Tamblyn that has no connection whatsoever with anything else in the film).THE FASTEST GUN ALIVE is built upon an unusual premise: Crawford wants at all costs to be the fastest gun alive, but Ford knows he is it - even though he has not killed a man yet.The sequence in the church where people initially do not want Ford to go out and meet Crawford because they value his life, then want him to do it because Crawford orders the town's shops doused with kerosene, comes across as remarkably human and true.There are sound moral values to this film, excellent cinematography, and believable characters. 8/10
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Reviewed by Nazi_Fighter_David 8 / 10

A surprise smash...

In a Western, the ultimate confrontation between the forces of good and evil is the showdown… It is the classic ending, and as such, the point towards which the whole film has been moving; the moment of truth when the good guy faces the black guy in the dust of the main street… It is, of course, a cinema cliché…Tension mounts as the two protagonists walk slowly towards their duel, a clash that is inevitable and from which only one will walk away…

In "The Fastest Gun Alive," an aggressive, belligerent bandit Vinnie Harold (Broderick Crawford) refuses to be taking as "second best," and a peaceful shopkeeper (Glenn Ford) claims to be 'faster than Wyatt Earp, faster than Billy the Kid, faster than Fallon, and faster than the man who killed him.'

That's the cliché, and it comes in with such high expectation as director Russel Rouse builds the climax with great degree of intensity, and higher degree of excitement... A few words are exchanged, when a loud voice is heard from a stocky figure: 'You the one who shot the silver dollars?' 'Yes,' replies a fairly silent man. 'By what name are you called,'? asks a determined killer. 'Kelby. George Kelby.' And suddenly the two men draw... Both fired simultaneously at the same instant...

The clash is a heightened moment of suspense that is as exciting as anything the cinema has ever produced...

Based upon a story called "The Last Notch" by Frank D. Gilroy, this minor budget Western turned out to be a surprise smash... Russ Tamblyn delivers a great "solo" dancing number just to reduce the tension...

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