John Wayne cheats at fast draw! I’m so disallusioned now!

[UncleEd]

Paladin,

The second action shot of JW shooting
straight ahead proves he was no actor.
He didn't blink.

 

[dasnake]

Please explain

Almost every time:

... Spence brought in two revolvers and loaded them with blanks. He gave one to Jordan, who put it in a holster. He gave the other to a deputy sheriff, loaded and cocked. He instructed the deputy to point the gun at Jordan and fire as soon as the older man started for his gun. After a few moments, Jordan drew and fired. The deputy's mouth dropped open as he stood there holding the unfired gun...

Ed Cantrell Trial: 1979 - Fireworks In The Courtroom - Jordan, Gun, Spence, and Deputy
- JRank Articles

Hand beats holster?please explain this also.

If this post was still pointing towards movies, there was a couple I really enjoyed that showed the dueling in a totally different light.

One was open range when costner shoots the gunhand without batting an eye on a stand down on the street.

The second was appaloosa where viggo open draws on the irons character at the end, the saloon shooting was a little truer also.

 

[Eric300]

Sammy Davis Jr. was actually perty dern good with a six shooter himself!

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6aNzFYHyz8[/ame]

 

[dasnake]

Wow

First time I've seen that, very good, thanx

 

[Kurusu]

Paladin,

The second action shot of JW shooting
straight ahead proves he was no actor.
He didn't blink.

Yes he did. Take a better look.

 

[OLMDDat71]

The name I was referring to was Thell Reed, took some time but I found it.
There was a Twilight Zone about Rance Magrew who played sheriff on tv and annoyed Jesse James so much he came back and told him to smarten up or else. Mentioned the Dalton's and the Kid etc.

He used to give exhibition shoots and put a glove on his left hand and fan a shell into the chamber of a 1911 after drawing it with no round in the chamber fanned the rear sight. I remember Thell

 

[CZU]

One was open range when costner shoots the gunhand without batting an eye on a stand down on the street.

I really liked that movie, wish they would have provided costner with a six shooter though. That 12 shooter was a little ridiculous.

 

[remshooter]

in 1971 and 72 as a early grade schooler ,i was in awe of how lightning fast Kid Curry ,in Alia s Smith and Jones ,could draw a pistol ,one second in holster ,next half second ,out of holter ,with out him seeming to move ,..got older figuered out ,they just stopped the camera ,..movie magic

 

[cndrdk]

John Wayne is one of our favorite actors. My wife and I enjoy all the old John Wayne westerns and have most on DVD. We frequently go back and re watch them. The Cowboys is one of our favorite movies and I have developed a strong dislike for Bruce Dern every since seeing that movie. We recently moved to sort of a rural area in small sub division where all the streets are John Wayne movie/characters. We live on Rooster Cogburn Ct (just off of True Grit) and love it.

 

[Wyatt Burp]

Your eyes picked that then you saw the same flaw in Silverado, Costner back to the camera and double draw on the bad guys, both shots go to ground, for a bad guy methinks Dennehy ran away with it in manner and dress.

Dennehy was my favorite character in Silverado followed closely by Scott Glenn. The 80s were pretty much a dead period for westerns in TV or movies, but I always thought Dennehy would have been great in more of them. He was in "Butch & Sundance: The Early Years" I think it was called. But he wasn't cool like in Silverado.