God’s Gun: Lee Van Cleef, Jack Palance, Richard Boone, Sybil Danning, Leif Garrett (1975 Movie)
DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchive.org God’s Gun (also known as Diamante Lobo) is a 1976 Spaghetti western directed by Gianfranco Parolini and starring Lee Van Cleef. Jack Palance plays the head of a malicious group of bandits and Van Cleef plays a double role of brothers, a priest and a reformed gunfighter, determined to stop them. Leif Garrett also plays a vital part in the film, as a fatherless kid who brings the reformed gunfighter to town. God’s Gun was filmed in Israel. One day Sam Clayton (Jack Palance) and his gang arrive in the small town Juno City where Father John (Lee van Cleef) is the priest of the town church. After having a little bit of fun, the gang leave town = only to be caught by father John. Vowing to have revenge, the gang gun him down on the steps of his church and then set about taking control of the town while waiting for the stagecoach. However, little Johnny (Leif Garrett) manages to escape with a couple of their horses and rides off to Mexico in the hope of finding the priest’s brother (also played by Lee van Cleef). They soon meet and set off back across the border to clean up the town. Meanwhile Clayton discovers that he is Johnny’s father. It seems that some fifteen years ago during the Civil War, Jenny O’Hara had been one of Clayton’s victims – and now Clayton takes to the idea of being a father. Directed by Gianfranco Parolini Produced by Yoram Globus Menahem Golan Written by John Fonseca Gianfranco Parolini Starring Lee Van Cleef Jack …
Video Rating: 4 / 5
DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchived.blogspot.com Trapped (1949) is a semidocumentary film noir directed by Richard Fleischer, written by George Zuckerman and Earl Felton. The drama features Lloyd Bridges, Barbara Payton, John Hoyt, and others. Like many semi-documentaries, the film begins with a voice over footage of the treasury department, telling the story what the department does. Then it quickly begins the story once a woman tries to deposit a twenty-dollar bill at the bank that turns out to be phony. The film tells the story of the US Treasury Department who, with the aid of a counterfeiter, try to track down and stop of counterfeiting ring. The counterfeiter, Tris Stewart (Bridges) serving time in prison, is released under the agreement that he will assist in the capture of the phoney money printers. Once out of jail Stewart quickly meets up with cigarette girl Meg Dixon (Barbara Payton). Cast * Lloyd Bridges as Tris Stewart * Barbara Payton as Meg Dixon, alias Laurie Fredericks * John Hoyt as Agent John Downey, alias Johnny Hackett * James Todd as Jack Sylvester * Russ Conway as Chief Agent Gunby * Robert Karnes as Agent Fred Foreman Directed by Richard Fleischer Produced by Bryan Foy Written by Earl Felton George Zuckerman Starring Lloyd Bridges Barbara Payton Music by Sol Kaplan Cinematography Guy Roe Editing by Alfred DeGaetano Distributed by Eagle-Lion Films Release date(s) October 1, 1949 Running time 78 minutes Country United States Language English Richard …
How should one call a western financed/shot in Israel? A Bar Mitzvah western?
Great movie. I loved this. Never seen it before. I hope my kids will watch it. JUSTICE wins.
When gambling started in America….the cheators got what they deserved; „SHOT“!
@videotitan1 *laughs* Dig the way you put that.
A Great Movie, it captures all the escense of the Old Western world.
Lee Van Cleef = The Bruce Lee of Westerns.