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Released
1956 · FILM

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!

Directed by
Runtime
89 min
DramaWestern

Synopsis

When it becomes known how skilled he is with firearms, former gunman George and his wife Dora must flee their town out of fear that other gunmen will challenge him. He again reveals his secret while intoxicated. The townspeople vow to keep his secret and encourage him to abandon guns permanently, but a boy recounts the story to a gang of wanted criminals. Their leader threatens to burn down the entire town unless George duels him.

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Principal cast & crew: 18

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Harry V KnappShot by George J FolseyScored by Andre Previn

Also known as

  • Die erste Kugel trifftde
  • La première balle tuefr
  • La pistola sepoltait

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