The Slowest Gun in the West(1960)
The Slowest Gun in the West, The Fastest Draw on TV
The town of Primrose, Arizona is beset by outlaws, so the towns people hire Fletcher Bissell III (A.K.A. The Silver Dollar Kid) as their new sheriff. Fletcher is so cowardly the townsfolk are sure that the local outlaws will be too proud to gun him down. This proves to be the case, and the outlaws hire their own cowardly gunfighter, Chicken Farnsworth, to go up against The Silver Dollar Kid. Written by Jim Beaver
Movie: The Slowest Gun in the West
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Fletcher Bissell III, The Silver Dollar Kid
Chicken Finsterwald
Black Bart
Ike Dalton
Jake Dalton
Billy the Kid Blake
Sam Bass
Jud McCory
'Wild Bill' Monks
'Doc' Henley
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The town of Primrose, Arizona is beset by outlaws, so the towns people hire Fletcher Bissell III (A.K.A. The Silver Dollar Kid) as their new sheriff. Fletcher is so cowardly the townsfolk are sure that the local outlaws will be too proud to gun him down. This proves to be the case, and the outlaws hire their own cowardly gunfighter, Chicken Farnsworth, to go up against The Silver Dollar Kid. Written by Jim Beaver
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1960-05-07
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The Slowest Gun in the West, The Fastest Draw on TV
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