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

When Johnny plays horseshoes he leaves his throw short. He walks up to the shoe and kicks it onto the stake. There is a second shoe to the left and short of the stake. Father John arrives and admonishes Johnny for cheating and throws a shoe himself getting a ringer. However, the other two shoes are no longer in the picture.

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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

Not bad at all for a '70s western

The votes seem rather low for this; my guess is that those voting aren't familiar with (or fans of) westerns from the 1960's / 1970's. As they go, this one isn't bad at all.

Lee Van Cleef was excellent; Leif Garrett went from underplaying to overplaying in some scenes, but that was probably what the director was wanting. Jack Palance was the surprise to me; he is usually the epitome of a villain. Here, I thought that the menace was a bit overdone to the point of being lost.

My vote was 5, could have been better, but is quite watchable.