The Quick and the Dead

Sam Raimi directed The Quick and the Dead, a revisionist American Western from 1995 that was released in Türkiye as Hızlı ve Ölü. Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio share the screen in it. The title comes from the Second Epistle to Timothy; the story has no connection to the 1987 film of the same name.

A woman gunfighter who keeps her past to herself, known as the Lady, or Ellen, rides into the frontier town of Redemption. It is ruled by the ruthless John Herod (Hackman), who stages a deadly quick-draw tournament with a large prize and one condition: every entrant obeys his rules. Ellen signs up to avenge her father. Crowe plays Cort, a preacher and former gunslinger who has renounced violence, and DiCaprio plays the ambitious young shooter Kid.

Sony Pictures Entertainment bought Simon Moore's screenplay in May 1993, with Stone attached as co-producer, and Joss Whedon contributed to the script. Shooting began at Old Tucson Studios in Arizona on 21 November 1993. Released by TriStar on 10 February 1995, the film disappointed at the box office and drew mixed reviews, but later earned praise for its performances, direction, cinematography and score. It was Crowe's American film debut and is dedicated to Woody Strode, whose last film it was.