God's Gun (1976)
"Diamante Lobo" (original title)

Priest turned vigilante Father John (Van Cleef) hunts down a gang of criminals, led by Sam Clayton (Palance), who killed a man in a local bar. On the gang's return to the town, they kill ... See full summary »

Director:

Gianfranco Parolini

Writers:

John Fonseca (screenplay), Gianfranco Parolini (screenplay)

Stars:

Lee Van Cleef, Jack Palance, Richard Boone

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Lee Van Cleef	...	Father John / Lewis
Jack Palance	...	Sam Clayton
Richard Boone	...	The Sheriff
Sybil Danning	...	Jenny
Leif Garrett	...	Johnny
Robert Lipton	...	Jess Clayton
Cody Palance	...	Zeke Clayton
Ian Sander	...	Red Clayton
Pnina Rosenblum	...	Chesty (as Pnina Golan)
Zila Carni	...	Juanita Lewis
Heinz Bernard	...	Judge Barrett
Didi Lukov	...	Rip
Ricardo David	...	Angel George
Chin Chin	...	Willy
Rafi Ben Ami	...	Mortimer

Storyline

Priest turned vigilante Father John (Van Cleef) hunts down a gang of criminals, led by Sam Clayton (Palance), 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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Plot Keywords:

priest | revenge | child fighting adult | small town | revolver | 

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Genres:

Western

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

Italy Israel

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

March 1977 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Bullet from God

Filming Locations:

Israel

Company Credits

Production Co:

Golan-Globus Productions, Dunamis Cinematografica, Irwin Yablans Company, The

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Sam Clayton finds out Johnny is his son, he runs around the parlor shouting "I gotta son." he specifically says it to Zeke Clayton who is played by Palance's son both in real life, Cody Palance and in the movie.

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Goofs

In the opening scene, when the Clayton gang rides into Crane City to rob the bank, there's a barn to the right of the bank with the sign 'JC McCormick, Blacksmithing, Wagon Repairing' with a large wagon wheel in the center. Later in the movie, when Lewis describes his past to young Johnny, there's a flashback scene to Abilene. Outside the Abilene Gambling Hall, right across the street, there's a barn with the same sign!

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Quotes

Rip: I may be crippled all my life, but I'll be rich!
Sam Clayton: What the hell happened to you?
Rip: I got dupped by that goddamn kid! But now it's your turn!

User Reviews

A below average Spaghetti Western with double performance by Lee Van Cleef

A preacher ( Lee Van Cleef) is gunned down by a cutthroat band ( leading Jack Palance ) . The son (Leif Garret) of a Saloon girl ( Sybil Danning ) is looking for the priest's brother , an ex-gunfighter ( again Van Cleef ) . The gunman seeks vengeance on the evil men who murdered him . Lee Van Cleef is better in the two first films from ¨Sabata¨ trilogy directed by Frank Kramer or Gianfranco Parolini , the third is starred by Yul Brynner ) than here . These movies are enjoyable ,full of gadgets , imagination, with some budget and produced by Alberto Grimaldi ( successful producer of Leone's Dollars trilogy ) , here the producers are Menahem Golan and Yoran Globus ( Cannon Productions ) but in short budget.

The picture displays action , gun-play, showdown , and drama but badly narrated , besides with minimum budget and wasted casting . The movie has an awful cinematography and disappointing musical score . Jack Palance ( recently deceased ) as the leader band is excessive and exaggerated , as usual, he plays a megalomaniac nasty in an overdone playing . There appears Cody Palance , Jack Palance's son ( he has another daughter actress named Holly Palance too ) unhappily he early died . Richard Boone is underestimated in a minor role in spite of have a long career in classic Western . The singer Leif Garret as a dumb adolescent is mediocre , he played with Lee Van Cleef another spaghetti Western of similar style : ¨Kid vengeance¨ , being his maxim feat his acting as secondary in ¨ Outsiders ¨(Coppola) , later his career utterly failed . The motion picture is appalling directed by Gianfranco Parolini who used the pseudonym of Frank Kramer . Rating : Frustating , far fetching and uninspired Western .