Press Release Warner Archive Collection Announcement: The Fastest Gun Alive (1956) (Blu-ray) (1 Viewer)

[Kevin Antonio (Kev)]

Black and white westerns worked to me better because you couldn't focus so much on costumes or sets. In color there is no hiding a low budget. In tv shoes that "set" quality is worse. Tin star was made on a small budget but can one really tell when the story telling and performances are so strong. Black and white helped aid that. Same thing could be said for this movie.


" Mr. Fallon im pushing because I gotta know"...... "my name is harold... VINNY HAROLD... the money is for a headstone"
Broderick Crawford as a gunfighter is gold and hilarious at the same time.

 

[jayembee]

I was hoping this fine western would be released on Blu-ray.

A very good western.

An excellent underrated western that should be better known. Very happy for this announcement.

I have to laugh. I looked up the entry for it in Brian Garfield's Western Films: A Complete Guide. He tears it a new one. But then, it's far from the only film listed in his book that he's down on; he can be quite opinionated.

Me, I don't have a dog in this fight, as I never managed to see this one before, and I'm looking forward to getting that chance now. A Glenn Ford Western? Jeanne Crain? How can I resist? But it shows how one man's trash can be another man's treasure.

 

[Randy Korstick]

I have to laugh. I looked up the entry for it in Brian Garfield's Western Films: A Complete Guide. He tears it a new one. But then, it's far from the only film listed in his book that he's down on; he can be quite opinionated.

Me, I don't have a dog in this fight, as I never managed to see this one before, and I'm looking forward to getting that chance now. A Glenn Ford Western? Jeanne Crain? How can I resist? But it shows how one man's trash can be another man's treasure.

Film Guides that focus on one genre do tend to be very biased towards the writers viewpoint. General film guides like Leonard Maltin's are a much more neutral assessment of films. Maltin gives The Fastest Gun Alive 3 out of 4 stars which I think is an accurate view.

 

[Rodney]

I'm a fan of companies using the original movie posters for the cover art, but I gotta say I'm glad they chose to go with the Italian poster over the one for the USA:

 

[RolandL]

I am hoping that the Tom and Jerry Cartoons are presented in their proper CinemaScope presentations, if so that alone for me will be enough to warrant a purchase!!!

They were on the Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection Volumes 1-3 DVD 4 discs set - See on Amazon

 

[RolandL]

I know I'm in the minority here but, I wish they would include the original Perspecta Stereo sound.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I received my Blu-ray today and I must say I was mighty impressed by the video improvement over the 2009 WA DVD.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I am hoping that the Tom and Jerry Cartoons are presented in their proper CinemaScope presentations, if so that alone for me will be enough to warrant a purchase!!!

 

[Matt Hough]

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I started on the review for The Last Time I Saw Paris tonight by watching the bonus stuff, and the Tom and Jerry cartoon on that disc IS in Cinemascope.