A Gun Is Not a Gentleman

Name: A Gun Is Not a Gentleman
Genre: Western
Released: 1963-02-08
Duration: 25 min
Rating: 8.9
Cast: Carroll O'Connor, Brad Dexter, Phyllis Coates

Episode aired Feb 8, 1963
TV-PGTV-PG
25min

S11.E16

Senator Dave Broderick and Justice David Terry are on opposite sides politically but also class background. After feeling publicly insulted Terry challenges Broderick to a duel but the senat... Read allSenator Dave Broderick and Justice David Terry are on opposite sides politically but also class background. After feeling publicly insulted Terry challenges Broderick to a duel but the senator has never held a gun.Senator Dave Broderick and Justice David Terry are on opposite sides politically but also class background. After feeling publicly insulted Terry challenges Broderick to a duel but the senator has never held a gun.

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Genre
- Western
Certificate
- TV-PG
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Trivia
David Broderick (1820-1859) and David Terry (1823-1889) had been close friends, but on opposite sides of the slavery issue. Pro-slavery Terry blamed anti-slavery Broderick for causing him to lose re-election for Senator, and he made scathing comments that offended Broderick. Broderick responded in kind, and their argument led to a duel on 13 Sep 1859. Both men were expert marksmen, but Broderick's weapon discharged into the ground during the 1-2-3 count; dueling etiquette dictated that he stand in place while Terry took his shot. Broderick was shot in the right lung, and he died three days later, on 16 September.

Goofs
"Deadman's hand" mentioned twice in the story line, is chronologically out of order. 15 years after the 1859 duel, on August 2, 1876. Wild Bill Hickock was murdered, holding a poker hand of aces and eights, which later came to be known as "the Deadman's hand."