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5.9/10   249 votes
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Director:
Lee H. Katzin
Writer:
Richard Carr (writer)
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Release Date:
May 1969 (Austria) more
Genre:
Western more
Plot:
In the small western town Vinegarroon the conflict between cattle and sheep breeders escalates. When a stranger appears in the town... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Solid enough, but could have used some fleshing out more (8 total)

Cast

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Glenn Ford ... Jim Killian / Pastor Jim

Carolyn Jones ... Madge McCloud (saloon owner)

Barbara Hershey ... Leloopa (Indian girl)
John Anderson ... Asa Beck (cattleman)

David Carradine ... Coke Beck (Asa's son)
J.D. Cannon ... Mace (Beck's gunman)
Noah Beery Jr. ... Garvey (Beck Ranch ramrod)
Harry Townes ... Gus Sampson (storekeeper)
William Bryant ... Bart Paterson (cattleman)
Virginia Gregg ... Mrs. Patterson
James Griffith ... Abraham Murdock (sheepherder)
Roger Perry ... Ned Hunter (sheepherder)
Claude Woolman ... Gilcher (Beck ranch hand)
Ed Bakey ... Scotty Andrews (sheepherdr)
Barbara Babcock ... Mrs. Andrews
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Runtime:
101 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | USA:M | Argentina:13
Filming Locations:
Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA more
Company:
King Brothers Productions more

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Soundtrack:
A Lonley Place more

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Solid enough, but could have used some fleshing out, 13 February 2009
7/10
Author: Bob-45 from Savannah, GA

After a solid first hour, "Heaven With a Gun" thins out and becomes slightly more than routine. The movie could have used less sadism and sensationalism; while a topless Angelique Pettijohn is appreciated, gratuitous nudity tends to put off the very audience attracted to this kind of western. Carolyn Jones is nearly wasted, and I really wanted to know more about her prior relationship with Ford. Barbara Hershey does a fine job as the half-breed Hopi whom Ford protects. Ford and Hershey's relationship could have also used a little more sexual tension; and Hershey, to her credit, seemed ready to provide it.

Production values are good, if not spectacular, and director Lee Katzin, while no Sergio Leone, keeps things moving nicely.

"Heaven With a Gun" is a cut above most of Glenn Ford's later western. Too bad MGM didn't put a little more into the story and running time.

I give "Heaven With a Gun" a weak "7".

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