Shootout in a One-Dog Town

Shootout in a One-Dog Town
VHS cover.
Production company	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Release date	January 9, 1974
Starring	Richard Crenna Stefanie Powers Jack Elam Arthur O'Connell Michael Ansara Dub Taylor Gene Evans Michael Anderson, Jr. John Pickard Jay Ripley
Executive producer(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Producer(s)	Richard E. Lyons Maxine Hoppe
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Screenplay by	Larry Cohen Dick Nelson
Director(s)	Burt Kennedy
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Shootout in a One-Dog Town is a live-action western drama television film produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. It aired on January 9, 1974 on ABC as their Movie of the Week. It was written by Larry Cohen and Dick Nelson, produced by Richard E. Lyons, and directed by Burt Kennedy.

Carrying $200,000 in a strongbox, a courier arrives in a near ghost town in Arizona and asks the bank manager to safeguard it for him from the murderous crooks following him.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Reynolds	Michael Ansara
John Gabe	Gene Evans
Frank Petry	Richard Egan
Billy Boy	Michael Anderson, Jr.
Little Edgar	Jay Ripley
Clemens	Unavailable
Jones	Unavailable
Squint	Squint
Sheriff Handy Hathill	Jack Elam
Mr. Halsey	Dub Taylor
Doc Henry Gills	Arthur O'Connell
Zack Wells	Richard Crenna
Halsey's first wife
Edwin	Eric Valdez
Letty Crandell	Stefanie Powers
George Armstrong Custer
Letty's father
Mr. Preston	John Pickard

Organizations

• Overland Express Company (mentioned)

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Arizona
      • Opportunity
        • General store
        • Bank of Opportunity
        • Saloon
      • Cottonwood (mentioned)
    • Missouri (mentioned)
    • Ohio (mentioned)
      • Cleveland (mentioned)
    • Texas (mentioned)
    • New Mexico (mentioned)
      • Deming (mentioned)
    • Kansas (mentioned)
    • Montana (mentioned)
      • Teton County (mentioned)
      • Powell County (indirectly mentioned)
        • Deer Lodge (mentioned)
      • Big Horn County (mentioned)
  • England (mentioned)
    • London (mentioned)
  • Mexico (mentioned)

Objects

• Overland Express strongbox

Music

The music was composed and conducted by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: January 9, 1974 on ABC

Behind the scenes

• Billy's only referred to as Billy Boy in the credits.
• Little Edgar is only referred to by that name in the credits; within the film he's simply called Little.

Errors

• Stefanie Powers is erroneously known as "Stephanie Powers" on the poster.

Accolades

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient	Result

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • September 27, 1993: Jtc releases Shooutout in a One-Dog on VHS.
  • August 20, 2009: Synergy Entertainment releases Shootout in a One-Dog Town on DVD.