Four Fast Guns

{{Infobox film

| name = Four Fast Guns

| image = Four Fast Guns poster.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = William J. Hole, Jr.

| producer = William J. Hole Jr.

| writer = James Edmiston
Dallas Gaultois

| starring = James Craig
Martha Vickers
Edgar Buchanan
Brett Halsey
Paul Richards
Richard Martin

| music =

| cinematography = John M. Nickolaus Jr.

| editing = Reg Browne
Henry F. Salerno
Harold E. Wooley

| studio = Phoenix Film Studios Productions

| distributor = Universal International

| released = {{Film date|1960|2|10}}

| runtime = 73 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Four Fast Guns is a 1960 American Western film directed by William J. Hole Jr. and written by James Edmiston and Dallas Gaultois. The film stars James Craig, Martha Vickers, Edgar Buchanan, Brett Halsey, Paul Richards and Richard Martin.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/75509/four-fast-guns |title=Four Fast Guns (1960) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=2015-12-19}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/92200/Four-Fast-Guns/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222143003/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/92200/Four-Fast-Guns/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-12-22 |title=Four-Fast-Guns - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author=Eleanor Mannikka |date=2015 |accessdate=2015-12-19}}{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=52886 |title=Four Fast Guns |publisher=Afi.com |date= |accessdate=2015-12-19}}

Plot

Wanted outlaw Tom Sabin rides to the town of Purgatory, ruled by a ruthless man named Hoag, who is deemed safe from being killed by virtue of being handicapped and in a wheelchair.

Tom befriends town deputy Dipper and attracts the interest of Hoag's beautiful wife Mary, although he isn't sure whether to trust her. Hoag sends for three hired gunman to get Tom out of his town, but Tom gets the better of the first two, shooting both.

The third, Johnny Naco, is offered triple pay by Hoag to get the job done. All in town are shocked when Tom refuses to face Johnny. It turns out they are brothers. Tom took the blame for a crime Johnny committed, so a grateful Johnny doesn't want to kill him.

Johnny shoots Hoag, in cold blood. When townspeople ridicule Tom for not facing the outlaw, Johnny calls him out and draws, forcing Tom to shoot him. Tom leaves the sheriff's job to Dipper and rides off, Mary promising to meet him.

==Cast==

James Craig as Tom Sabin
Martha Vickers as Mary Hoag
Edgar Buchanan as Dipper
Brett Halsey as Johnny Naco
Paul Richards as Hoag
Richard Martin as Quijano
Blu Wright as Farmer Brown
John Swift as Zodie Dawes
Paul Raymond as Bartender

References

External links

{{IMDb title|0052819|Four Fast Guns}}

Category:1960 films

Category:1960s English-language films

Category:American Western (genre) films

Category:1960 Western (genre) films

Category:American black-and-white films

Category:1960s American films

Category:English-language Western (genre) films