Search Details

Word: deadshot (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Digest (Mon. 8 p.m., ABC-TV) is a good series or a dismal one, depending on which of its first two shows are considered. The opener, called The Last of the Old-Time Shooting Sheriffs, was a witty debunking of the classic western with its quick-drawing, deadshot badmen and goodmen. The veteran sheriff of the title, played with creaking excellence by Russ Simpson, was a gun slinger who preferred a donkey to a spirited stallion, avoided trouble when he could, and in a gun battle, always got his man by holding onto his revolver with both hands while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: The New Shows | 2/7/1955 | See Source »

| 1 |