Clint Eastwood's Legendary Gunfight: How It Was Made

What I discovered about how the scene was made in the film "A Fist Full Of Dollars" while make my video "Clint Eastwood's Legendary Gunfight With Real Ammo"
My video from last year
• Clint Eastwood's Legen...

[@spike.strat1318]

You have to love the way Eastwood re-holsters the gun, almost gentle, like a craftsman who cares for his tools.

[@TUCOtheratt]

Ya he is/was the best western movie tough guy...he really sold it.

[@johnnyjonesno1]

Sorry but it obviously wasn't him l wish it was but no. Watch it again.

[@catfoodrob]

Interesting and very accurate ( in my opinion) breakdown !!! However…Clint’s gun belt …was indeed a fast draw belt . Built by Andy Anderson , it’s a steel lined “ walk and draw” fast draw rig. He wore it in most of his westerns .

[@TUCOtheratt]

Thanks for watching! I can tell your are an Eastwood fan as well.

[@cameronmccreary4758]

When Clint pulls his revolver and fans the first shot he does not hit the hammer if you look carefully

[@SpinStar1956]

Having shot six-guns since I was a child, I used to practice quick-draw for hours with an empty gun at home with pillows or a couch-cushion laid on the floor for mis-draw flubs! I also was very young when I would go to western movies, and I could catch most of them, including this one mainly more in the line of gun-movement. You pretty well run into a wall when flicking the gun; that is you can only move it so fast without overshoot, thus not being on target, especially the same time as the fan. After tens-of-thousands of both dry-fire and real range live-shooting, you just get a strange feeling that something is fishy or wrong. In fact, the last shot Clint takes, looks mis-aimed. That being said, I really think that most of the good shooting actors would have been good-enuff’ without the film speed-ups; because once you know it took place, you really lose respect- even if it was an overly zealous director/editor. Finally, hats-off to you for doing this video; great precision-work and analysis… 😊

[@londonjacks8371]

Very interesting and accurate analysis of this iconic movie gunfight, as you say it would have been filmed multiple times, there are outtakes somewhere. As already said, the rig was by Andy Anderson, used in many of Clint’s westerns, I was inspired to make a copy, it is an excellent fast draw rig indeed.

[@SnowblindOtter]

Just another reason to view Clint as one of the most badass men alive today.

[@TUCOtheratt]

Yep.

[@bashkillszombies]

My grand fathers uncles cousin told me that in cowboy films they never used blanks and just replaced the actors after they were gunned down.

[@harveyhams1572]

😅

[@Madmanmarque]

Just stumbled on your videos. Great breakdown. I live in Carmel and Clint was the Grand Marshall in the Centennial Parade in 2016. He rode on a Wells Fargo stage wearing his hat from Unforgiven, the shirt from High Plains Drifter, the rough out boots, the famous Poncho from the trilogy and the Andy Anderson Walk and Draw holster from all his western's save, The Outlaw Josie Wales. I'm sixty five and grew up on his films. By the way the Andy Anderson holster was considered the first holster made for fast draw competition. Quite a bit different from the Arvo Ojala Buscadero rigs popular at the time.

[@TUCOtheratt]

Interesting comment. I've seen some of the KZbins from Clint Eastwood's appearance in 2016. It would have been cool to be there.

[@pjwoolw]

Very astute observations my friend! We grew up in the same era with similar interests!

[@catdaddy1118]

Nice work. One skill actors of the day had trouble with was holstering the gun without looking down at the holster. Eastwood was masterful.

[@theamericanviking1835]

Clint Eastwood and John Wayne make up basically all of my favorite movies. The dollars trilogy are some of my favs for sure. It's funny to me, I'm only 29, I remember when I was a child I would visit my grandparents in the summer time and at night my papa and I would watch all these black and white westerns. Now as an adult when I watch tv or movies its either war movies like Starship Troopers, Saving Private Ryan, Platoon, etc.... or most likely some older westerns. namely Gunsmoke, Wagon Train, Branded, or the Rifleman. nothing and I mean nothing beats the classics. This generation nowadays just don't know how great movies and tv were back in the day.

[@TUCOtheratt]

Well said my friend! Hollywood went down the drain a few years...decades ago.

[@neildavis9460]

As a professional in motion picture industry and editor - I would like to point out something that might not be 100% accurate in our 'misfire' analysis. There is a very good chance that the filming did not capture all of the shots fired during the take. Motion picture is really just a series of still images captured one after the other. The camera shutter is closed just as much as it is 'open' to see the action. Normally 24 frames per second. I have seen MANY cases where a "muzzle flash" is too fast for the film to see it properly exposed to the film. Add in the fact, that they likely undercranked this take (likely 20 or 22 frames per second), so it would play slightly faster at the normal 24fps playback, you have even MORE time when the shutter would have been closed to 'see' all of the shots fired. Now - that does not prove that all the shots went off correctly. Could there have been a 'misfire' that was added back in audio post - sure... is it proof there was a misfire - certainly NOT. I'm just saying that you cannot use this as true measure of 'reality' - as the camera will often 'miss seeing' action on set. Editing helps smooth this out. - THX.

[@TUCOtheratt]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@MarcinP2]

I thought it too but the puff of smoke is missing.

[@A.R.American1]

I am a huge eastwood fan he has been my all time favorite western actor thanks for this video

[@TUCOtheratt]

Me too.

[@brorjordas1979]

Amazing video! Love it! Yeaa.. I just love all of these Clint westerns. A big part of my childhood movies watched along with my dad..

[@TUCOtheratt]

Same here!

[@ElHombreGato]

You're absolutely right The guy on the right hand side totally gives it away. Great video! I had no idea he was so talented with a revolver

[@jackbluehq6653]

He only gives it away if you focus hard on him For the general viewer it looks very convincing

[@asmith7876]

Glen Ford in The Fastest Gun Alive was supposedly the real deal as well. Great analysis.

[@MisterRedBlueBlur]

This is a very good and believable analysis about that legendary movie gunfight and also some other interesting stuff too. Thanks for sharing.

[@curtislong1987]

Still one of the best Western movie scenes of all time.

[@Soto713]

This is awesome and very informative. I had always wondered if that was really Eastwood or some stand in trick shooter.

[@Bigstooler0]

Like Sammy Davis Jr worlds fastest gun back in the day

[@sorenlilienthal1368]

Eastwood also participated in one or more of the fast draw events, where western movie actors tried to prove their skills, that they had shown on screen. He may not have been the fastest (Sammy Davis jr and Glenn Ford are reputed to have had that title), but he was fast enough to be remembered as such.

[@swingophile]

Because Clint Eastwood is the real deal... Excellent video!

[@jaihawkins]

Brilliant analysis of an amazing scene, thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@TUCOtheratt]

Thanks for the nice comment and for watching!

[@inhocsigno9151]

Very interesting, it makes sense, and people watching the movie would not notice. I assumed the shot was sped up, but now it impressive to see the shots done slowed down.

[@TUCOtheratt]

At real speed, it was still an amazing performance!

[@donphilp7511]

This explanation was excellent. I think I did tell you before that. Hugh O'Brien actually entered competition shooting scenarios. While he was Wyatt urp. Also sammy davis junior was reputed to be one of the fastest in hollywood. He had his own special to gunshot and practice diligently. And people were amazed at what he could do. Both as a style Shooter And an actual. Competition shooter. Just imagine a short slightly built. Black. Black Jewish running a 2 gun shut up. With one Eye. There are some things you just cannot make up. Someone catching on to something and showing their individuality and merit. That's why I like your channel. Imagine Hugh O'Brien who had nothing to prove. Gets apart in a TV show and turns it into something magic Because you actually worked out it and didn't make a point of bragging about it. The individual. That's what counts

[@TUCOtheratt]

I've heard some of that and some was new. Sounds like a great follow up winter video.

[@hopefloats7573]

The muzzle angle on several of the shots appear too far upward to hit the target. Your thoughts? My best time from a draw for 5 shots with a stock Vaquero is 2.08.

[@TUCOtheratt]

I agree about the muzzle angle but it is cinema and I couldn't see that until I watched it in slow-motion. 2.08 is pretty fast. Always be safe. Thanks for watching 😀

[@leandrocoelho5394]

Thank you very much for this great video, sir.

[@thinman8621]

Great analysis of a very famous scene. Thanks.

[@TUCOtheratt]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@richc767]

Just found your channel. I grew up in the sixties with westerns. However most of my gun shooting was and is with bottom feeders and double action revolvers. Your channel has awoken an interest in the SAA revolvers. I find it amazing how fast you can fire the SAA.

[@TUCOtheratt]

Exactly. They are very simple machines but can shoot very very fast. Thanks for watching and more to come!

[@lenger1234]

I have a reproduction of that holster. It's my favorite.

[@MADMAX353]

Steve McQueen was very fast in The Magnificent Seven also.

[@scottbrick1011]

Great break down

[@SeanPat1001]

Thank you for your thorough and excellent breakdown of this famous scene. I’d say if they had not sped the scene up it still would’ve been legendary. As someone else mentioned, the muzzle is too high. I think that was intentional. Even when shooting blanks, there’s always a chance that some debris will come out of the barrel and injure somebody. I’m pretty sure Clint was careful to not actually aim his weapon at anybody, while making it look like he was aiming his weapon at each target. Yeah, I think he’s that good.

[@sweetdrahthaar7951]

Great video. Thank you👍🏻

[@TUCOtheratt]

Glad you liked it!

[@Kevin-wr9um]

If you reduce the frame rate of the camera to 20 frames per second (as opposed to the regular 24) and play it back at 24, it makes the action look faster. It's done with a lot of fight scenes and it was how they shot the speeder scenes in Star Wars. And you know how many italian companies are in the replica gun market.

[@devenair681]

Steve McQueen was allegedly a very fast draw much to Yul Brynner's annoyance in The Magnificent Seven.

[@TUCOtheratt]

I've heard that. Yul was one of the worse with an SAA.

[@b0rd3n]

New to the channel, love the content. I don't have much anything to do with westerns as i am just a young boy (turned 40 couples months ago) but i always wished it was easier for us Canadians to get our hands on revolvers and experience/practice with them. Even just the reloading part of shooting is very calming/relaxing i find. I used to have a replica 1873 SAA, made of some cheap pot metal and loved to practice draw, fan and flips while holstering and deholstering. And i agree, the fake smoke makes you go faster! hahha, thanks!

[@TUCOtheratt]

Thanks for watching my videos. Even the toy SAAs are fun to play with. ha ha

[@barttraynor1220]

Thank you very much for making this video!

[@TUCOtheratt]

My pleasure!

[@cag1763]

Truth be told..you recreate it in real time..that makes you real..clint still an actor...

[@aileencummins2939]

Learning from your voice and action is memorable.

[@TUCOtheratt]

Thanks for watching 😀

[@alainmorin]

Brilliant -- thanks you!

[@TUCOtheratt]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@misterbacon4933]

Very interesting!

[@CannabianCowboy]

Tip of the hat thank you

[@skoneal007]

Nice research and investigation.

[@Bearlake1624]

Your videos are really good thanks

[@TUCOtheratt]

Glad you like them!

[@virgil6206]

Incredibly informative video

[@TUCOtheratt]

Glad you liked it!

[@bigmike9558]

Bravo

[@pattybryd7228]

Very interesting.

[@TUCOtheratt]

Glad you think so! Thanks for watching!

[@catmando3250]

Quite some time ago I stumbled across your video where you re-create that scene. That was very interesting. And quite impressive. I own quite a few guns. But only one revolver. A Ruger GP100, stainless steel, 4 inch barrel. Double action of course. Has no firing pin on the hammer. Trigger has to be held down to engage the separate firing pin. So it's quite safe. Meaning I can drop it on the ground and nothing bad happens. For the longest time I would shoot it in what I call "target style shooting" Manual cock the hammer, then slowly pull the trigger. I don't do that style anymore. Now I shoot in what I call "combat style". No pre-cocking the hammer. The goal being, How fast can I shoot and still hit a target maybe 20 feet away. It's quite difficult. So what you were able to do in your re-creation of the scene is quite impressive. AND you did it with a single action!

[@TUCOtheratt]

Thanks for the nice comment. I have shot a GP100 and they are very nice shooting.

[@joeyravage4798]

Again, I first witnessed Ed Eldridge’s split second speed. He told us to try and blink as he drew both pistols, simultaneously. I am not an expert in tenths of a second but Ed had both drawn in LITERALLY a blink of an eye. I watched him. In school. His wife was a teacher.

[@TUCOtheratt]

Wow! That's cool!

[@joeyravage4798]

@@TUCOtheratt It was so cool! We had read the book Shane and got to watch the movie in class. The classroom adjacent to ours was on the same material under the tutelage a Mrs. Eldridge, who's husband, Ed was all about it. She had him come in and demonstrate all day for all class periods for 2 days. He was dressed similar to you in your videos, had a double holster rig with two Colt .45, single action six round revolvers. Blazing, simultaneous quick draw, detailed explanation of how powerful the weapons were, twirling tricks all over. When asked if he was ever in a John Wayne movie he said yes, and THAT-was an honor! He said he was sitting on a corral fence in one scene for a moment or two.

[@TUCOtheratt]

@@joeyravage4798 Wow! That sounds really cool. I found one video on KZbin of him since you brought him to my attention but hes not really doing anything in the video. I wish I could find a video of him doing a performance.

[@joeyravage4798]

@@TUCOtheratt I just found one . Gun safety with Ed Eldridge. He starts drawing and twirling a couple minutes in and it's impressive

[@TUCOtheratt]

@@joeyravage4798 Cool post a link!😀

[@michaelstacy8868]

It is said that Lee van cleef could outdraw Clint all day! Both are a joy to watch!

[@Puppy_Puppington]

I knew it lol!! There is always something tiny off about it but now I know thanks to you, so thanks sir!!! still an amazing movie. Still, an amazing scene always will be.

[@TUCOtheratt]

"Still, an amazing scene always will be." Certainly! Film making is not reality but an art and the art was nailed even though it wasn't perfect and it never is. Really, all that matters is how it hits you the first time and the first time is perfect.

[@WniGrup]

Yep!

[@mikegrossberg8624]

I seem to recall mentioning, in your previous video, the disparity of your using a "fast draw" holster, such as is used in fast draw competitions, rather than a holster that hasn't been cut down to facilitate a quicker draw.

[@TUCOtheratt]

Yes, in my Eastwood's gunfight video I was using a holster that had some fast draw characteristics (drop offset with double leg straps) There are different levels of competition holster. Some of what I see in fast draw competitions have had a holster opening the size of a grape fruit. Eastwood's holster in the film was an Andy Anderson "walk and draw" considered a fast draw holster at the time but had the traditional look of a movie holster and lacked some the advantages of the rig I was wearing.

[@andiarrohnds5163]

interesting video, it was a pleasure to watch

[@knightguy2699]

I can't complain any of that because like you said it's a fantasy movie, and yes many of the shot didn't line up from the barrel but I don't really care about that, and it's a great movie 🍿 love clintiswood

[@blackpowderfirearmenthusia3194]

Thanks for the video.

[@TUCOtheratt]

Thanks for watching and commenting!😃

[@adam41280]

Nice break down on the gunfight seen any other wester movie gunfight seens that your plaining on breaking down like this and trying to recreate then like you did for this one?

[@TUCOtheratt]

I can't think of another western movie gunfight that is half as cool as this one. But yes I wish there was one.

[@AlaskanFrontier1]

That was a cool breakdown, thank you very much. As for me I just lame out and use a S&W Model 29 for the double action 😂😂

[@TUCOtheratt]

Good choice! 😀

[@AlaskanFrontier1]

@@TUCOtheratt thank ya it tends to work for me

[@tloller52]

There is a video, I think it's here on YT, of some actors back in the late 50's or early 60's doing a walk and draw promotion for something. One of them is Eastwood. As he goes for his draw he accidentally fires prematurely (lol) in his holster, but he soldiers on anyway like it never happened. If you slow it down you can actually see the smoke coming out of the holster.

[@TUCOtheratt]

I'd like to see that. I've also seen a clip from when they made this scene in Fistfull where Eastwood misses his draw like we all do when practicing. Helped me realize I'm not the only only one.

[@tloller52]

@@TUCOtheratt I have searched for that clip and can’t find it. It was a promotion of some kind and I think I remember James Drury as well. It would probably have been from Eastwood’s Rawhide days. I’ll keep searching.

[@CROSSFIRE_TACTICS_SOFIA]

Ammazing

[@scottsmith4145]

First shot is not seen but heard. Second shot is heard with smoke seen from barrel and the end of what appears to be final hand movement after fanning the hammer. Or maybe this was nothing but with the sound effect This implies a second shot to the mind even though we never actually saw the hand fan of hammer. Third shot is a clean misfire with no sound,no smoke, no flare. Fourth, fifth and sixth shots are valid shots. So im not exactly sure if they wanted it choreographed as 6 shots fired or 5 but it turned out ultra realistic due to the misfire! The end result is 6 shots attempted with one misfire so 5 actual shots fired into 4 bad guys.

[@jsusna1972]

Did he fire 6 shots, or only 5? To tell you the truth, I've kinda lost count myself. So you've got a question to ask yourself. Do ya feel lucky, punk?

[@forindooruseonly646]

Thanks for video, sheds a lot on some of the things I noticed, like the missing shot. I heard that Sammy Davis Jr. and Jerry Lee Lewis were good as well, but I don't know if that was just gun handling or actual drawing fast.

[@TUCOtheratt]

Thanks for watching!😀 Yes I too have heard that Sammy Davis Jr and Jerry Lewis were good with SAAs

[@dflies102]

Ive also heard the Glen Ford was also fast and accurate.

[@Lauterbach24]

John Doucette was very good as well.

[@mikegrossberg8624]

@@TUCOtheratt Lewis was even faster than Sammy, according to their instructor

[@TUCOtheratt]

@mikegrossberg8624 I am sure. It's interesting how many people were intro single action fast draw and gun spinning back in the 1950sand 60s

[@PaletoB]

Clint probably had a lot of time playing around on the set of rawhide. 😁

[@TUCOtheratt]

Ya he was really good with his SAA and other single action revolvers.

[@kevinoneill41]

LOL your just saying that. Because Clint is truly quicker than you and with a none modified Colt. LOL having a little fun with you. You sure do know your stuff. I'm trying to be consistent with my shooting from the hip. That alone is a chalange. You seem to be quite good at. Keep on having a blast my man as always stay safe.

[@TUCOtheratt]

Clint was a badass and could really sell the tough guy like no other in a scene! I am working on a major "how to shoot from the hip" video coming out in a week or two. Thanks for watching!

[@sergiobraghetta211]

good job...and great channel name of course

[@TUCOtheratt]

Thank you!

[@user-nr3hr9lu1v]

It's not just your "assumption" , it is exactly that! I know it , because i make myself a videos with a special Program..some of them are already on KZbin. I can make speed adjustment for half a second with 10 - 20% of high speed and nobody will see it - even in slow motion! An example - there are already a dozens of short videos with Kung Fu masters that are extremely fast - it's exactly the same "adjustment". The "ordinary" people doesn't understand that! I obviously have this sense of "movement" and i usually notice things like that. That's why - you're right 👍 Keep the good videos!

[@TUCOtheratt]

Yes, I never noticed how many movie scenes were speed up until I started editing. I agree with you, in most cases a 20% speed up will not be noticed by the average person viewing. By the way I never speed up videos of my own shooting on principal. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@user-nr3hr9lu1v]

@@TUCOtheratt I know that you don't make that - i didn't "catch" that)) I like your videos - as a matter of fact - i saw them today for a first time. Thank you for the answer. Keep the good work 👍 Until the next time 🙂

[@anthonypirozzi837]

Never really cared for westerns but even though they were "Spaghetti Westerns" ,Eastwood movies are great

[@JovanLopez-dj3si]

And ABSOLUTELY NO HORSES 🐴 WUR HURT... DURING THAT SCENE 👋🏻

[@tsclly2377]

Well done.. but what you really have done is to convince me to get 5.5" wheel gun.. I'm starting with a Remington 1858, just because..(Pale Rider)

[@quentincrisp6933]

The guy who went against the tree looked phony because the round he took drove him backwards then he took a 90° angle towards the tree. Hilarious! It's Hollywood and it made Clint a Legend!

[@simiouno6125]

The blanks made for spaghetti movies where notoriously bad quality, so maybe that one round didn't go off...Lee Van Cleef used to provide his own blanks to the movies he did !

[@christianbohls9880]

Clint did compete in fast draw competitions.

[@marktime1271]

Loved your article, however, I do believe that Michael Landon could have pulled that off, for real, because (if my memory serves correctly) he was the fastest gun ever, officially.

[@Squib1911]

Great video. Sometimes editing is more work than shooting the scene.

[@joejoe2755]

I've been watching a lot of cowboy movies lately, and of course, your youtube channel. This has awakened my internal midlife crisis, which makes me want to buy a cowboy action revolver. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[@TUCOtheratt]

One brand, Pietta. I love their Great Western 2 SAA. Very well made and affordable.

[@joejoe2755]

@TUCOtheratt Thanks for the recommendation and quick reply. I was looking at the ruger, but damn they are pricey. The pietta looks great and I'll have some cash left over to buy some ammo and a nice belt. Thanks.

[@TUCOtheratt]

@@joejoe2755 Piettas are very affordable too. The project gun on my Patreon channel is a new Pietta SAA bought this year new in the store for $539. Here's what I'm doing there. kzbin.infoM6HgoQFBmsA

[@joejoe2755]

@TUCOtheratt That is a mighty fine revolver. I think I need one....or two. Then, a good divorce attorney.

[@eazyrider6122]

Clint produces his own movies and does many of his own stunts. Nothing wrong with enhancing a movie for the viewers excitment. After all he has to recover the expense and if it wasn't a true spagetti type western it probably wouldn't have made the box office. He is also playing a character that must have lighting speed. I personally love the Clint Easteood Eastwood movies, All of them. He is a legend for sure got a dry humor to boot. Saying all that i have no issue with you comments on the edits done. At the end of the day they should have just apologized to his mule😂😂😂

[@TUCOtheratt]

Ha Ha 😃 Well said pardner!

[@bowiebowie8171]

One thing about it is if you look at the way Clint Eastwood was shooting those targets those men two men were sitting way up on top of of a fence and your targets wasn't even sitting on a fence so one thing is your targets were on the ground so he had aim a little higher than normal to hit those two men on the fence on the left if you redo the footage again and make like your targets are up on a fence I think your outcome of your target accuracy would be deeply increased you know but I'm just giving you my opinion my good friend because I shoot an 1858 Remington and 44 caliber cap and ball revolver and I usually fast draw it when I accidentally spook a squirrel it takes two shots when I fast draw I hit the squirrel with the first shot and the second shot just kind of knocks him down out of the tree but I always fast draw when I'm out there hunting on squirrels using a cap and ball revolver I don't recommend doing it but when you see something it's instinct muscle memory and that's what gives you the ability to fast draw and people that don't have muscle memory and what they are doing are the ones that get hurt the most my fast drawing if you're not a hunter and you're not a fisherman muscle memory it will always help you get what you need to put in the freezer or in the skillet

[@TUCOtheratt]

I wanted to put the far two targets higher but I would have been putting shots over my berm which is not safe in case a person was walking back there in the woods. Fast drawing a single action with live ammo is quite dangerous so I don't recommend it.

[@hanenkamm1979]

Has anybody remastered a 4K Blue-ray?

[@alexanderk7776]

🎩👍🇺🇸

[@papiken1]

To me it seems as if the draw is a bit ham fisted (sorry Clint) then theres a cut away to Clints face then back to the fanning/shooting sequence. So the scene is not continuous. Thanks for this.

[@TUCOtheratt]

I know what you're talking about. A really smooth fast draw with a single action out of a western holster is easy to miss. He was drawing out a 5 1/2 colt and that's a handful. In fact there's a clip somewhere when Clint missed his draw in this scene and they had to shoot it over. Movie making is hard though, to coordinated every one to fall on cue, do a good clean draw and then get the gun to run. Not easy cause I've tried it. Thanks for watching!

[@Slippindisc]

Couldn’t it also be the frame rate didn’t catch the muzzle flash in the last shot? Around 6:45

[@TUCOtheratt]

No smoke too though

[@Slippindisc]

@@TUCOtheratt fair enough. Im sure you’re right, it’s just another potential explanation that I thought of

[@TUCOtheratt]

@@Slippindisc It is fun to analyze the film. Thanks for commenting 🙂

[@americanboot7818]

Honestly speeding it up is fair in my opinion. Makes it look just a little bit cooler. Still not saying clint isn’t a fast draw.

[@TUCOtheratt]

Oh ya, that's how movies are made. It's for entertainment. Also it was badass even at real speed.

[@Oddball_E8]

So... now the question remains... can you do the "true" draw? ie. using the correct gun (stock, longer barrel) and beat his time with accurate shots?

[@TUCOtheratt]

Of course not, neither could Eastwood or anyone else. Eastwood was firing zero recoil blanks and hitting air. Why the stupid question?

[@Oddball_E8]

@@TUCOtheratt It was just in jest, friend. I mean, it would be fun to see you try. You pretty much nailed it when you tried with the SAA Race Gun. It would be fun to see how close you'd get with a standard gun. I meant no harm. (And by beat his time, I meant the time he had in the slowed down, or "normal speed" version of the shot. Not the sped up one that's in the movie)

[@TUCOtheratt]

@@Oddball_E8 I'm sorry.

[@blackforest270]

Is that really Clint shooting or someone else? i always wondered on this scene.

[@TUCOtheratt]

It was Clint. You can recognize his hands and he shoots as well in other scenes in view.

[@carolinaplinker]

I've often wondered did they actually learn how to do fast draws and all of these actual skills or was that a stunt man seeing how a lot of these were shot just showing the hands or you know from the waist down sometimes you would see the entire actor doing the shot but for the most part it's just the hands Now I do know some actors like Val Kilmer Actually learn how to Twirl two pistols Even learned how to twirl them in Opposite directions But I never Have Heard that he actually learned how to shoot like Doc holiday does in the movie So I always wondered How many of these actors actually knew how to do these tricks or was It always a stunt man

[@TUCOtheratt]

That's a great question. I depended on the actor but back in the 1950-60 many actors took pride in learning to at least draw a SAA fast and shoot a blank. It is a skill that take some time to accomplish. Often the actor had little skill so they would have him start with his hand on the gun and just pull it out then they would speed it up 20% and it looks good on film. Clint Eastwood was exceptionally good both with the fanning draw and the thumbing draw. Glen Ford and Sammy Davis were very good. Yul Brenner was one of the worst. Watch the scenes were he draws and you can see they were cut very tight and speed up to compensate.

[@TORAH-613]

Also if you look at the real slow-mo you can tell that his aim was not on any of his targets when he fired. Especially the last two.

[@TUCOtheratt]

That's true, but you can't see any thing wrong at full speed. Still it's fun to break it down and examine it slowly. Thanks for watching 😀

[@danpatch4751]

Maybe it was really Thell Reed

[@TUCOtheratt]

No it was Eastwood.

[@Bigstooler0]

I believe Sammy Davis Jr was worlds fastest draw back in the 1960's

[@TUCOtheratt]

I've heard that too.

[@joe3USA]

Thank You, May Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Bless and Protect You and Your Families from Evil and the Enemy Now and Forever.

[@PLAZALOT58]

It looks like on his second shot he missed the hammer and did not fire the blank. I didn’t see a flash!

[@TUCOtheratt]

Yes I think that is what happened or the blank didn't go off, which happens a lot.

[@PLAZALOT58]

@@TUCOtheratt BTW Nice job analyzing that scene and re-creating it. Huge CE fan myself.

[@catmando3250]

I think your analysis is not quite right. It's a common problem when filming at 24 frames per second to miss the actual burst of flame when filming. A frame rate of 24 frames per second combined with a shutter open for 1/30 of a second, makes it quite common to miss the flame coming out of the barrel. So its not a misfire. It just the camera not synchronized to the bullet firing. I had this same problem as a young kid filming firecrackers on model cars. Most of the time the camera would not catch the actual burst of fire.

[@catmando3250]

Had to film the same scene many times to catch the actual burst of flame.

[@catmando3250]

I'll bet a large sum of money, Clint had no misfires.

[@TUCOtheratt]

Your comment prompted me to watch my video again. I know what your talking about the camera not catching the flash. I experience that regularly when doing my own videos. However, if you watch the clip there is also 0 smoke with that fan stroke. Missing the hammer is common when doing fanning. Clint Eastwood was the best movie fanner of all time IMO, but he wasn't perfect. There is a behind the scenes clip of him missing his draw grip and having to start over in this same scene. Thanks for watching and paying close attention. I could be wrong too.

[@catmando3250]

I'll take another look. Obviously you could be right. It goes by so quick, and my screen is so small.

[@catmando3250]

I watched several more times. I agree with you now. The lack of smoke is quite conclusive. Great analysis.

[@johnnyjonesno1]

Yep in slow motion he never hit any of them.

[@bradbeasley7669]

if i could cash on clint guess i wold too

[@TUCOtheratt]

Too bad you can't. Ha Ha.

[@howardgreen9718]

Lies lies 🤔

[@throttlebuff]

Worst edit ever is in for a few dollars more when clint kills red crawling on the floor without looking. The aim is so far off . I always am amazed that they didn’t do a retake of that shot. Oh and hang em high when you see a pickup truck driving down the road behind when clint is hanging and gets cut down, bit thats not a gunfight problem😂

[@TUCOtheratt]

Agreed. That scene in A Few Dollars more was so cool until they had Clint Shoot without looking.

[@usernames374]

Тогда мог выжить самый быстрый,опасное время было.если тебе исполнилось пятьдесят ты считался долгожителем.В СССР тоже любили снимать фильмы про ковбоев.✊

[@TUCOtheratt]

Thanks for watching and commenting 🙂

[@usernames374]

@@TUCOtheratt мене в удовольствие написать для тебя хороший комментарий:-)

[@Sirmellowman]

not just westerns are sped up. almost every movie does that where they want someone to look very skilled and or fast.