The Gun (1974) (TV)

Director:

John Badham

Writers:

Jay Benson (story)
Richard Levinson (screenplay)

Release Date:

13 November 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

The "life" of a handgun is followed from its manufacture to its ultimate fate, and shows the effects the weapon has on its various owners. |

Plot Keywords:

Pistol | Omnibus | Gun | ABC Movie Of The Week | Episodic Structure

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Stephen Elliott	...	Art Hilliard
Jean Le Bouvier	...	Fran
Wallace Rooney	...	Howie
David Huffman	...	Wayne
Pepe Serna	...	Natcho
Edith Diaz	...	Gloria
Felipe Turich	...	Señor Peralta
Valentin de Vargas	...	Frank (as Val DeVargas)
Ramon Bieri	...	Walt Kelsy
Michael McGuire	...	Wilke
Ron Thompson	...	Tom
John Sylvester White	...	Braverman
Richard Bright	...	Gil Strauss
Mariclare Costello	...	Beryl Strauss
Randy Gray	...	Kenny

Runtime:

78 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Iceland:12

Company:

Fairmont/Foxcroft Productions

Movie Connections:

Spin off from Flesh and Fantasy (1943)

Good

I remember it being a good story of the gun and its owners. Very well done for 1974. The location is California. One owner puts it under the seat of her 69 Charger. I believe it is then stolen and the gun ends up in the hand of a killer. Who then kills a famous politician. Nice look at California in the 1970s, I'd like to see it again.