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Storyline
McCullough is "passing through on my way to Australia" when he takes a job in a gold rush town. After a startling display of marksmanship he immediately arrests the youngest son of the evil landowner (Danby). A battle of hired guns begins as McCullough continues to tame the town and defeat the gunslingers with a combination of skill and wit. Written by
John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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Our trouble-shooting sheriff always put his finger on it (or in it). No wonder they call him The Fastest Finger in the West.
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Goofs
When James Garner, as the newly appointed Sheriff goes to arrest Joe Danby he is saved from being shot in the back by Jake. When the camera goes to Jake, he is behind and to the right of the Sheriff. However in the shots showing the sheriff from the front, Jake is not visible in the saloon.
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Quotes
Tom Danby:
Pa, you been touchin' up your hair again?
Pa Danby:
Whadda ya mean, AGAIN?
Tom Danby:
Nothin'. It just looks better in spots, that's all.
Pa Danby:
Whadda ya mean, SPOTS?
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Soundtracks
Rock of Ages
Lyrics by
Augustus Montague Toplady
Music by
Thomas Hastings
Hummed by Joan Hackett
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Every actor perfectly cast, every line perfectly inflected, this was a work of pure comic genius that draws on all the stock cast of characters found in western novels and movies from the dawn of the genre. Great fun.