# Fast Bullets

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{{short description|1936 film directed by Harry S. Webb}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Use American English|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Fast Bullets
| image = Fastbull.jpg
| caption = Original [film poster](/source/film_poster)
| director = [Harry S. Webb](/source/Harry_S._Webb) (as Henrí Samuels)
| producer = {{ubl|[Bernard B. Ray](/source/Bernard_B._Ray)|Harry S. Webb}} 
| writer =   {{ubl|[Jay J. Bryan](/source/Jay_J._Bryan)|[Carl Krusada](/source/Carl_Krusada)|[Rose Gordon](/source/Rose_Gordon)}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|[Tom Tyler](/source/Tom_Tyler)|[Rex Lease](/source/Rex_Lease)|Margaret Nearing}}
| music = 
| cinematography = [Pliny Goodfriend](/source/Pliny_Goodfriend)
| editing = [Fred Bain](/source/Fred_Bain)
| studio =  [Reliable Pictures](/source/Reliable_Pictures)
| distributor = [Reliable Pictures](/source/Reliable_Pictures)
| released = {{Film date|1936|02|21}}
| runtime = 58 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Fast Bullets''''' is a 1936 American [Western film](/source/Western_film) directed by [Harry S. Webb](/source/Harry_S._Webb) and starring [Tom Tyler](/source/Tom_Tyler), [Rex Lease](/source/Rex_Lease) and Margaret Nearing.<ref>Pitts p.319</ref> It was the 14th of Tom Tyler's 18 Westerns for [Reliable Pictures](/source/Reliable_Pictures).

==Plot==
The [Texas Rangers](/source/Texas_Ranger_Division) are hot on the trail of the Travis gang that have killed two Rangers.  Ranger Sgt. Tom Milton apprehends two members of the gang, then turning them over to his Ranger companion, chases after the third, young Jimmy. Instead of shooting Jimmy, Tom talks him into going on the straight and narrow by his helping Tom infiltrate the Travis gang who are smuggling explosives.

One of the outlaws Tom arrested escapes and informs Travis that Tom is actually a Texas Ranger. Travis uses Tom to ambush a column of Rangers.

==Cast==
* [Tom Tyler](/source/Tom_Tyler) as Sgt. Tom Milton
* [Rex Lease](/source/Rex_Lease) as Jimmy 
* Margaret Nearing as Joan 
* [Al Bridge](/source/Al_Bridge) as Travis 
* [William Gould](/source/William_Gould_(actor)) as Captain Drummond 
* [Robert Walker](/source/Robert_D._Walker) as Frank 
* [Jimmy Aubrey](/source/Jimmy_Aubrey) as Jake 
* [Slim Whitaker](/source/Slim_Whitaker) as Pat
* [Charles King](/source/Charles_King_(character_actor)) as Bill
* [George Chesebro](/source/George_Chesebro) as Saloon tough

==Production==
Filming of ''Fast Bullets'' began in early November, 1934.<ref>''The Film Daily'', 28 October 1935, p 7. Accessed 22 June 2020.</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each''. McFarland & Company, 2005.

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0027610}}

{{Harry S. Webb}}

Category:1936 films
Category:1936 Western (genre) films
Category:1936 English-language films
Category:American Western (genre) films
Category:Films directed by Harry S. Webb
Category:Reliable Pictures films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:1936 American films
Category:English-language Western (genre) films

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