4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on August 3, 2020

“There’s always somebody faster.” – Walter Baldwin as a Blind Man The Fastest Gun Alive chooses to reveal its threat before it offers up anything else. A hulking Broderick Crawford rides into a no-name town flanked by two cronies. He yells into the saloon for some man to com   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 18, 2016

The Fastest Gun Alive Directed by Russell Rouse Written by Frank D. Gilroy and Russell Rouse from a story by Gilroy 1956/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer First viewing/Amazon Instant There are several reasons I did not like this Western, which attempts to have a broader significance a la High Noon or Th   read more

The Stop Button Posted by on March 18, 2009

The Fastest Gun Alive–to put it mildly and politely–is a turkey. I thought, given Glenn Ford in the lead, it was going to be at least a decent Western… but it’s not. Ford’s great (more on him later), but the script is atrocious. It’s rare to see a script so...   read more