The Fastest Gun Alive

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The Fastest Gun Alive is a 1956 American Western film starring Glenn Ford as a small-town shopkeeper hiding a deadly gunslinging past.

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instanceOf American film
Western film
film
artDirectionBy Cedric Gibbons
Hans Peters
basedOn The Fastest Gun short story
cinematographyBy George J. Folsey NERFINISHED
costumeDesignBy Walter Plunkett
countryOfOrigin United States
director Russell Rouse
distributor Loew's Inc.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
editedBy George Boemler
filmingProcess black-and-white 35 mm
format black-and-white
genre Western
hasTheme identity
redemption
violence and reputation
leadActor Glenn Ford
leadActress Jeanne Crain
mainCharacter George Temple
medium feature film
musicBy André Previn
notableScene Russ Tamblyn performs an acrobatic dance routine in a saloon.
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A small-town shopkeeper hides a deadly gunslinging past that is revealed when a notorious gunfighter comes to town.
portrayedBy Glenn Ford
producer Clarence Greene
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
releaseDate 1956-07-31
releaseYear 1956
runningTime approximately 89 minutes
runtimeMinutes 89
screenplayAdaptationOf The Fastest Gun television play
screenwriter Clarence Greene
Russell Rouse
setIn Cross Creek, a small Western town
settingPeriod American Old West
linked to: Old West
soundtrackComposer André Previn
starring Broderick Crawford
Glenn Ford
Jeanne Crain
John Dehner
Leif Erickson
Noah Beery Jr.
Russ Tamblyn
storyBy Frank D. Gilroy

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