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The Quick Gun is a 1964 American Techniscope Western film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Audie Murphy. [2] It was the second of four films produced by Grant Whytock and Edward Small 's [ 3 ] Admiral Pictures in the 1960s.
Murphy and Hendrix married in 1949 and divorced in 1951. [9] His 1949 film Bad Boy gave him his first leading role. [10] Murphy became acquainted in Texas with Interstate Theatre executive James "Skipper" Cherry, [11] who was best man at Murphy's 1951 marriage to Pamela Archer and the namesake of the couple's second son.
Audie Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) [1] was an American soldier, actor, and songwriter. He was widely celebrated as the most decorated American combat soldier of World War II , [ 4 ] and has been described as the most highly decorated enlisted soldier in U.S. history.
“Audie Murphy, along with Joel McCrea and Randolph Scott, held together the last vestiges of the B-Western during the fifties and sixties. In fact, Audie was the last authentic hero of the double-bill western picture.” - Film historian Lee. O. Miller in The Great Cowboy Stars of Movies and Television. (1979). [4]
Arvo Oswald Ojala (February 21, 1920 – July 1, 2005) was a Hollywood technical advisor on the subject of quick-draw with a revolver. [1] He also worked as an actor; his most famous role was that of the unnamed man shot by Marshal Matt Dillon in the opening sequences of the long-running television series Gunsmoke.
Showdown is a 1963 American Western film directed by R. G. Springsteen and starring Audie Murphy, Kathleen Crowley and Charles Drake. It was originally known as The Iron Collar . [ 2 ]
Bullet for a Badman is a 1964 American Western film directed by R. G. Springsteen and starring Audie Murphy and Darren McGavin. [2] The film is based on the 1958 novel Renegade Posse by Marvin H. Albert. The film was shot between October and November 1963 [3] in Zion National Park and Snow Canyon State Park in Utah. [4]
To Hell and Back is a Technicolor and CinemaScope war film released in 1955. [4] It was directed by Jesse Hibbs and stars Audie Murphy as himself. It is based on the 1949 autobiography of the same name and is an account of Murphy's World War II experiences as a soldier in the U.S. Army. [5] The book was ghostwritten by his friend, David "Spec" McClure, who served in the U.S. Army's Signal ...