One day comes news that outlaw Vinnie Harold (Crawford) has gunned down Clint Fallon (Walter Coy), reputedly the "fastest draw in the west." I n each of his first two books, Mark Harris tells five stories at once. Rouse does a nice job keying in on the reactions of the townsmen, stages some fine action sequences and the performances are solid (especially by Ford and Crawford). This page provides lists of best-selling individual books and book series to date and in any language. George meets Vinnie in the street, where both men draw their guns and fire. The film was based on a 30 March 1954 episode of The United States Steel Hour directed by Alex Segal starring Harry Bellaver and Royal Dano.[3]. The townspeople now try to force George into the street. (This scene later came back to haunt Ford when, while in the service and on the pistol range, he was forced to prove his "fast draw" skill by an instructor who had seen the movie. His pride stung, George retrieves a gun from hiding (he told his wife he had tossed it into a river years ago) and—over her desperate pleading not to destroy the peaceful life they have built—says "they have to know who I am." Has Two Tattoos Done by Two Time Oscar Winner and Friend Sean Penn One being a Tribute to his Late Co-Star and Best Friend Chris Farley. Now known as George Temple, he becomes a mild-mannered teetotalling shopkeeper, little respected by the other townsfolk. He then instructs Swope to deliver a message to the people in the church that if their fast gun does not come out in five minutes, Vinnie and his men will burn down the whole town. Though he is on the run—and over the objections of his fellow bank robbers, Taylor Swope (John Dehner) and Dink Wells (Noah Beery Jr.), who just want to escape the law—Harold is intent to remain in town until he can see this George Temple face-to-face. Both the tombstones of Harold and Kelby are dated November 7, 1889. With the citizens understandably skeptical, George takes them into the street and gives them a demonstration of his skill. Swope and Wells elect to abandon Vinnie. Fast-talking wheeler-dealer Corporal King is stuck in a Malaysian P.O.W. Later, while everyone is in church, where they have taken an oath not to tell George's secret, Harold rides into town. Most of that porter came from George Hodgson's Bow brewery, just a few miles up the river Lea from the East India Company's headquarters in east London. When the townspeople refuse to send out "the man who shot two silver dollars at the same time", Harold gives an order to Dink to find some kerosene and pour it everywhere. Pictures at a Revolution captures a crucial moment in the transition from the old Hollywood to the new, chronicling the making and marketing of the five 1967 films in the running for the best picture Oscar. "[5], https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Fastest_Gun_Alive&oldid=1001992783, Articles with unsourced statements from December 2013, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 22 January 2021, at 08:50. ... Segal … When [ George Segal ] received a star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame, Spade spoke at his ceremony. According to MGM records, the film earned $2,246,000 in the US and Canada and $1,289,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $1,292,000. の秘訣 (, This page was last edited on 16 March 2021, at 00:09. Realizing that George is too terrified to face Harold, Lou Glover asks George for his gun. Reluctantly, George straps on his gun and walks toward the door, warning everyone not to say anything because it will not take much for him to change his mind. First, with only two shots, he hits two silver dollars tossed into the air on the count of three. Swope, who decides to take his share of the gang's loot, is told by Vinnie to either draw or ride out, but without any of the loot. Son of a notorious fast-drawing sheriff, George Kelby Jr. (Ford) and his wife Dora (Jeanne Crain) settle down in the peaceful town of Cross Creek as the owner of a general store under assumed identities to avoid having to continually face men out to become famous for shooting down the "fastest gun alive". George Timothy Clooney (Lexington, 6 de maio de 1961) é um ator, produtor, roteirista, e diretor de cinema e televisão, empresário e filantrópico norte-americano. After the posse leaves, it is revealed that Kelby was not killed. George listens to the townsmen talk about Wyatt Earp, Wes Hardin, and other so-called "fast guns". Following that, he shoots a beer glass full of beer dropped from Harvey Maxwell's (Allyn Joslyn) hand at 20 feet, hitting it almost immediately after it leaves the man's hand. As an actor, he was highly influenced by George Segal. A coffin filled with stones, Kelby's gun, and his reputation as "the fastest gun alive", was buried instead. A local boy tells him about George's display of gun skill. As a nonprofit public-interest publisher, we leverage books, diverse voices, and media engagement to facilitate social change, enrich public discourse, and defend democratic values. The Fastest Gun Alive is a 1956 MGM Western film starring Glenn Ford, Jeanne Crain, and Broderick Crawford directed by Russell Rouse. Directed by Bryan Forbes. ↑ (en) « Kris Kristofferson Loves His 8 Children to the Moon and Back! When a posse pursuing the outlaws shows up with the bodies of Swope and Wells, the townspeople are attending the burials of both Harold and Kelby, telling the posse how the two men shot each other dead. Mike Nichols . By Stephen Segal September 10 ... but would tell the story of who my dad was when he was alive. He shoots it before it hits the ground. )[citation needed]. Use this page to find out if famous people are dead or alive. George then blurts out his secret that he is the fastest gun alive, "... faster than Earp, faster than Hardin, faster than Fallon, and faster than the man who killed him." The gun with the notches in the handle actually belonged to his father George Kelby (a famous lawman shot down in an ambush) and he is terrified at the prospect of actually facing a man in a gunfight. dancing on shovels used as stilts. Ford once recounted during a The Tonight Show interview how he had to stand there for hours until he succeeded in drawing his pistol and hitting the target. Very user friendly navigation and includes a search function and interactive quizzes. Swope toys with the idea of drawing on Vinnie, but thinks better of it and leaves. Although it takes a mite too long to reveal the reasons for his actions, Glenn Ford's characterization of a man driven by fear and a desire for a peaceful life is both sensitive and forceful ... John Dehner does a-professionally smooth and funny job as one of his callous sidekicks; Jeanne Crain adds a tender and compassionate stint as Mr. Ford's understanding wife, and Leif Erickson, Allyn Joslyn, Rhys Williams, J. M. Kerrigan, Chris Olsen, the child actor, and Russ Tamblyn, who contributes an acrobatic dance reminiscent of his chore in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, weigh in with competent performances as Cross Creek's leading lights. Notes et références [modifier | modifier le code] ↑ (en) « “A Slow Slipping Away”— Kris Kristofferson’s Long-Undiagnosed Battle with Lyme Disease » , sur HuffPost , 7 juin 2016 (consulté le 19 mars 2021) . They are also laughing at George, seeing him as nothing but a "ribbon clerk". With the citizens understandably skeptical, George takes them into the street and gives them a demonstration of his skill. Comics and textbooks are not included in this list. I struggled to write the words that would draw a reader in … Gun tricks were developed by Rodd Redwing with help from Jim Martin, a four-time California Fast Draw record holder. "[4], Recently, film critic Dennis Schwartz praised the film, writing, "Though the story gets lost for too long in too much psychological explaining, it redeems itself with a fine action-packed tense ending. With George Segal, Tom Courtenay, James Fox, Patrick O'Neal. The men are astonished at seeing George wearing a gun, believing him to be drunk. The New Press amplifies progressive voices for a more inclusive, just, and equitable world. This allows George and Dora to resume their peaceful existence in Cross Creek. He sets about destroying the myths these men have about gunmen, displaying a detailed knowledge of guns and gunmen they never suspected he had. George must reveal the whole truth, explaining that he is no gunman, that he has never been in a real gunfight. The books are listed according to the highest sales estimate as reported in reliable, independent sources. Harold finds out that the "fast gun" is in the church. The film was released in 1994 & 1999 by MGM Home Entertainment on VHS, then re-released in 2010 & 2017 by Warner Home Video (Warner Archive Collection) on DVD. camp during World War II and uses bribery and larceny to take de-facto control of the camp. The scene is shot from behind the glass of beer with Ford facing directly into the camera, but is actually the result of trick photography. "Best-selling" refers to the estimated number of copies sold of each book, rather than the number of books printed or currently owned. Fred Segal, the man synonymous with high-end and celebrity fashion in Los Angeles, California, has died at the age of 87. He sends Swope there to call him out. George then blurts out his secret that he is the fastest gun alive, "... faster than Earp, faster than Hardin, faster than Fallon, and faster than the man who killed him.". Glover intends to pose as George for the sake of the town. Roderick "Rodd" Redwing was Glenn Ford's gun coach and technical advisor for this film. Segal, an attorney and a board member at Duke’s Center for Documentary Studies, writes that the school’s janitors, maids, and other service workers were historically underpaid. Russ Tamblyn, who later had gained renown for his energetic dancing in MGM's Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), performs a dance routine during a hoedown early in the film that includes a "shovel" dance, i.e. Dink stays for a while, but he also rides off. Demonstrating his prowess with a gun, the Glenn Ford character asks a citizen to hold a glass of beer away from his body and, upon the count of three, let it drop.