The Slowest Gun in the West

May 7, 1960

0h 53m

★ 2.0

The Slowest Gun in the West, The Fastest Draw on TV

Overview

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

Genres

Western

Comedy

TV Movie

Production Companies

CBS Studios

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Cast

Fletcher Bissell III, The Silver Dollar Kid

Phil Silvers

Chicken Finsterwald

Jack Benny

Black Bart

Ted de Corsia

Ike Dalton

Jack Elam

Jake Dalton

Karl Lukas

Billy the Kid Blake

Robert J. Wilke

Sam Bass

Lee Van Cleef

Jud McCory

George Keymas

'Wild Bill' Monks

John Dierkes

'Doc' Henley

Mauritz Hugo

The Bartender

Edward Brophy

'Skunk' Sloan

William Fawcett

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