God's Gun

1977 "Two Brothers... One Took the Cross... The Other Took the Gun."
4.9| 1h37m| R| en
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Priest turned vigilante Father John hunts down a gang of criminals, led by Sam Clayton, who killed a man in a local bar. On the gang's return to the town, they kill the priest, leaving a young parishioner Johnny behind. He now seeks revenge for the death of the holy man.

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FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.
Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.
Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
martimus98 God's gun is the epitome of the poorly written, poorly directed, poorly produced spaghetti-type western. Yet in the face of this it actually succeeds The movie stars Lee van Cleef in a dual role, Jack Palance in a single role, Richard Boone in very little role, Sybil Danning in her best kind of role, and Leif Garrett in a fairly lackluster role.The movie tells the story of two brothers, both skilled with guns. One follows a divine path. The other follows a more mercenary path. Father John helps turn brother Louis from a path of gambling and destruction. When Father John is bushwhacked by a group of bad guys led by Jack Palance, Louis returns from Mexico to get revenge on his brothers killers. Does he follow his former path? Of course not... he don's his brothers cloak and hat and gets his revenge the old fashioned way.I've read numerous accounts blaming much of this movies shortcomings on overacting, underacting, poor cinematography, and numerous other reasons. In my opinion the actors were simply following the directors direction. The director, in turn, was following the path provided him by the producers... those wonderous schlock merchants, Golan and Globus.. These guys put the "B" in "B" movie! Personally I enjoyed this movie for what it was... a short diversion into a movie so lifeless it lives... and so bad it's good! They don't make movies like this anymore! Some days, however, I wish they did.
lastliberal Once I saw this was a Golan and Globus production, I knew I was in for some real action. I didn't even know they did westerns, and I was initially thrown off by director Gianfranco Parolini's pseudonym of Frank Kramer. But closer inspection reveled this to be a spaghetti western done with Italian and Israeli casts and crews. What was I in for? The cast was the main attraction: First, there was two-time Oscar nominee and Oscar winner (City Slickers) Jack Palance. Now I know there is going to be some major league craziness here, and I wasn't disappointed. he was off the charts with his comic gunslinger. Then, we have Lee Van Cleef (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) playing a duel role. You might have even thought this a zombie western - the bad guys certainly did.We mustn't overlook Sybil Danning (Chained Heat) who managed to give us a peak at her right breast as she was recalling a rape that produced her son (Leif Garrett). There was some real excitement as we wondered if Johnny would find out who his father was.Richard Boone ("Have Gun Will Travel") was a drunken sheriff, and Pnina Rosenblum was a strange dance hall girl named Chesty, who provided some adult conversation. I say strange as she was a Member of Knesset in Israel until a couple of years ago. Do they know her past? It doesn't have a great script and the production values are typical of spaghetti westerns, but it was an interesting story and we just don't see too many adult westerns.
alexandre michel liberman (tmwest) This film is not as bad as it seems, considering few people heard about it and it has two titles G-d's Gun and Diamante Lobo, which will mix you up. The story is better than most spaghetti westerns, about a priest (Van Cleef) who is killed. So Van Cleef is the good guy, Jack Palance the bad one and Richard Boone the sheriff who does not want any trouble. Sybil Danning is the saloon girl with a good heart. So besides the story, the actors are good, so what goes wrong? In my opinion, the shootouts which are poorly made trying to make up with the sound and slow motion what it lacks in the technical aspect. It took me a long time to decide to see this film and I could not stop watching it after I started. I ended up liking it.
garyldibert TITLE: This picture was released in theaters in March of 1978 starring a very young but gorgeous Sybil Danning as Jenny, Lee Van Cleef as Father John and Lewis and Jack Palace as Sam Clayton.SUMMARY: Picture starts in a little called Crane City where a Mexican is putting on a puppet show. As he starts to collect money, you hear gunshots coming from behind his wagon. Sam Clayton and his gang has just rode into Crane City where they terrorist the woman rob the bank and kill the sheriff and the deputy. A few days later Sam Clayton and his thugs ride into Juno City. Enters Sybil Danning who's playing the role of Jenny and she runs the only saloon in town. Also living with her is her son Johnny. Enters Lee Van Cleef who's the Priest or otherwise called Father John. Father John and Johnny are walking down the street when Jenny asks Johnny if he finished shining the glasses. Father John tells Jenny that Johnny will be back to finish shinning the glasses after he's done cleaning the church. While cleaning the church Johnny comes across a gun that belongs to Fathers John Brother Lewis. Sam is in Jenny saloon when Johnny walks in. Sam wonders while Johnny isn't in school. Sam also wants to know where Johnny's father is. Meanwhile at table a couple of Sam's thugs are playing poker when one of them is accused of cheating. Sam's nephew throws a knife in the back of the poker player that was cheating. As a man lying died in jenny saloon Sam Clayton and his gang start to ride out of town. Jenny is screaming at the people of the town for someone to go after Sam Clayton's nephew to bring him back to for justice. When the sheriff decides that he's not going Father John takes the sheriffs horse and rides out after Sam Clayton gang. That's leaves two unanswered questions.QUESTIONS: What does the title God's Gun stand for? What does Father John comeback to town with Sam Clayton's nephew? MY THOUGHTS: I thought this was an excellent picture. Lee Van Cleef does an excellent job playing the role of Father John and the role of Lewis. Jack Palace was excellent in his role as Sam Clayton. The reason I bought this movie was Sybil Danning. You didn't see much of Sybil Danning body in this because it was a western but, she was excellent in her role as Jenny the owner of the saloon. Her talents as an actress really shined in this picture. So, with that in mind, and because this movie kept my interest through the entire picture I'm giving this movie 10 weasels stars because of Sybil Danning and the level of action , adventure and drama this movie had from beginning to end. If you want to see this movie, you can buy it in DVD format at Amazon.com