The Slowest Gun in the West

The Slowest Gun in the West

53 mins | Comedy, Western, TV Movie | May 7, 1960

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

The Slowest Gun in the West

53 mins | Comedy, Western, TV Movie | May 7, 1960

The Slowest Gun in the West
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
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers CBS Television Studios
Original title The Slowest Gun in the West
Directors Herschel Daugherty
Writers Nat Hiken

Cast

Phil Silvers

as Fletcher Bissell III, The Silver Dollar Kid

Jack Benny

as Chicken Finsterwald

Ted de Corsia

as Black Bart

Jack Elam

as Ike Dalton

Karl Lukas

as Jake Dalton

Robert J. Wilke

as Billy the Kid Blake

Lee Van Cleef

as Sam Bass

George Keymas

as Jud McCory

John Dierkes

as 'Wild Bill' Monks

Mauritz Hugo

as 'Doc' Henley

Edward Brophy

as The Bartender

William Fawcett

as 'Skunk' Sloan

Jean Willes

as Kathy McQueen

Parley Baer

as Collingswood

Jack Albertson

as Col. Carl Dexter

Tom Fadden

as Jedd Slocum

Marion Ross

as Elsie May Slocum

Kathie Browne

as Lulu Belle Slocum

Bella Bruck

as Indian Woman

Byron Foulger

as The Clerk

Hallene Hill

as Mrs. Hotchkiss

Bill Catching

as A Horseman

Don C. Harvey

as A Sheriff

Dennis Moore

as A Man

George Chandler

as Simpson

Alan Dexter

as The Husband

Jeanne Bates

as The Wife

Billy Booth

as The Son

Gina Gillespie

as The Daughter

Bruce Cabot

as Nick Nolan