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  • Glenn Ford’s ____ the 50’s __ The Fastest Gun Alive / 1956

    “Let`s never forget that to remain free we must always be strong. “

    – Glenn Ford

    In The Fastest Gun Alive Ford plays a reluctant gunfighter (a theme that occurs in several of Ford’s Western roles) who is reluctantly forced into taking up arms against the badguys. We may well be seeing Ford’s personal philosophy at play here, whereby he expresses the need for a vigilant defence in our troubled world.

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    The Fastest Gun Alive

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    IMDB The Fastest Gun Alive

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    The Gun

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    The Fastest Gun Alive - Crawford
    Crawford
    The Fastest Gun Alive - Jeanne Crain
    Jeanne Crain
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    John Dehner

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    How duz a guy get a drink around here?
    How duz a guy get a drink around here?
    The Fastest Gun Alive
    Minors allowed

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    Ford and Jeanne
    Ford and Jeanne

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    Ford / Military Man

    Wikipedia: Ford’s World War II decorations are as follows: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Rifle Marksman Badge, and the US Marine Corps Reserve Medal. He retired from the Naval Reserve in the 1970s at the rank of captain.

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    Captain Glenn Ford, United States Naval Reserve

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4 responses to “Glenn Ford’s ____ the 50’s __ The Fastest Gun Alive / 1956”

  1. Glen Burns Avatar
    Glen Burns

    what an actor I am watching the fastest gun alive right now glen ford is just fantastic in it

    1. jcalberta Avatar
      jcalberta

      Glenn was an awesome actor who left a good volume of Western work. Pretty well every Western he made is re-watchable. Or a Classic.

  2. Teepee12 Avatar
    Teepee12

    Garry always referred to him as “high maintenance” as an actor, though he is very fond of his work and watches a lot of it. We both do, actually.

    1. jcalberta Avatar
      jcalberta

      I didn’t know that. He wouldn’t be the only actor to get that rep of course. But if you’re “Box Office’ I guess you get a little power. From the character he normally portrays you wouldn’t guess he could be any problem on set. At least he wasn’t a heavy drinker like Marvin.

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