Hickok was tried for manslaughter and acquitted. Tutt fell with a bullet through his heart. The men drew guns at a distance of around 50 yards and blasted away. At around 6PM, the two advanced on each other in the town square. In 1865, in one of the few actual documented gunfights (with evidence and valid testimony), James Butler Hickok ("Wild Bill" Hickok) had a bad quarrel with Davis Tutt in Springfield, Missouri. Sometimes two opposing gunmen would be very close and would circle each other, like caged animals, before opening fire on each other. The typical Hollywood gunfight distance too, was often varied. Meaning, if he got a drop on his enemy, if he was unarmed, or even if it meant shooting him in the back. Much more frequently than the typical Hollywood face-to-face draw, a cowboy would gun a guy down at the most opportune point. Why? It was still too risky for a "fast draw" or a "good guy" to lose. But even famous "quick draws" didn't go the formal route in their gunfights. Although many Old West legends have "fast gun" reputations, it appears that John Wesley Hardin, Wild Bill Hickok, Doc Holliday, and Billy the Kid were actually really fast guns. But even above speed and accuracy, a "cool head" took precedence and was the single most valuable asset for a gunman. Most gunfights went to the more accurate shot. Most experts on the Old West also agree, it was not the "fastest gun" who won. Often the two just continued firing until they had completely emptied their pistols. And unlike in the movies, easy shots were often missed. And also, no one knew who actually won the fight until several minutes after the gunshots, as it took a while for all the gun smoke to clear in the air. When they did occur, not one, but several gunshots were usually fired. Actual gunfights in the Old West were very rare, very few and far between. The following facts do appear to be true. Actual facts (I know, this is a redundancy, but I wanted stress) about the Old West are tough to pin down. This second guy, also almost inevitably, wins the fight. This signals that the fight is on, and gives the second cowboy (almost inevitably the hero, the lead, the "good guy") the right to then draw. They formally wait for one of the two to take a first shot.
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The typical Hollywood gunfight, in TV or in the movies, is two cowboys meeting on the street, usually about ten, twenty, or maybe twenty-five feet apart.
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In some seasons of the longest-running Western TV series ever, Gunsmoke (1955-1975), a formal Hollywood gunfight takes place during the show's opening credits.
In popular Western television shows like Bonanza, The Big Valley, Have, Will Travel, and Rawhide, the gunfight is a routine event, taking place about as often as we currently witness a politician being dishonest or your luggage being late coming on the carousel when you arrive at the airport. The fact is, Old West gunfights were few and far between. Newspapers, too, would dress up the tales of Old West gunmen in order to boost sales (no kidding? A newspaper not telling the truth? Gee, I'm mortified at that one!). It wasn't only the authors doing this embellishing, as many of the actual participants themselves would "color" their own stories for the sake of a good story.
The authors would simply dream up fictional accounts of the exploits of these famed heroes and embellish things that actually did occur. These pulp novels were extremely popular and carried the written accounts of legendary Old West gunslingers Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill, Bat Masterson, etc. Many years before cinema was even invented, dime novels were printed up, enthralling their eager and avid readers. This is the distortion of actual events, real-life occurrences being changed and modified for the sake of "entertainment." This brings us to the foremost example of this second distortion: the "Old West gunfight." First off, it's not all the fault of Hollywood and the movies. But there's another kind of cinematic embellishment. And that's basically what movies do for us they carry us out of our own mundane, unglamorous lives and into the land of make-believe. A down-and-out (but good-looking) young guy without a nickel meets a gorgeous girl, who falls for him, and despite all the warnings and their parents being against it and. In the interest of entertainment, it seems justified. This is, of course, a polite way of saying filmmakers often lie. Hollywood movies are famous (often notoriously so) for embellishing the truth. Neatorama presents a guest post from actor, comedian, and voiceover artist Eddie Deezen.
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