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The Slowest Gun in the West(1960)
Status: Released
Date: 1960-05-07
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Time: 0h 53m
The Slowest Gun in the West, The Fastest Draw on TV
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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
Languages: English.
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Phil Silvers
Fletcher Bissell III, The Silver Dollar Kid
Jack Benny
Chicken Finsterwald
Ted de Corsia
Black Bart
Jack Elam
Ike Dalton
Karl Lukas
Jake Dalton
Robert J. Wilke
Billy the Kid Blake
Lee Van Cleef
Sam Bass
George Keymas
Jud McCory
John Dierkes
'Wild Bill' Monks
Mauritz Hugo
'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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