A gunfighter who won't load his gun becomes sheriff. What could go wrong?
A gunfighter with a reputation as a fast gun almost kills an innocent child. He makes up his mind that he is not going to carry around loaded weapons anymore, but when he's asked to become sheriff of a lawless town, he compromises by carrying an unloaded pistol and relying on his reputation to keep order.
Acting
Lloyd Bridges sells the sweat of pretending to be dangerous.
Writing
Clever premise that wrings 75 minutes from one absurd constraint.
Director
Michael Caffey
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was a pilot for a series that never happened, which explains the compressed storytelling and Lloyd Bridges' commitment to what could have been a weekly gig.
Released at the height of revisionist western fever, it interrogates the gunslinger myth while still needing that myth to function—pure 1969 ideological whiplash.
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