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God's Gun
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God's Gun is a 1976 Spaghetti Western starring Lee Van Cleef and Jack Palance.One day, outlaw Sam Clayton and his gang attack a small Western town and kill a man. The local preacher, Father John, manages to capture one, but Clayton guns him down on the church steps before taking over the town. However, a young boy named Johnny O'Hara sneaks off to contact John's brother Lewis, a professional gunfighter, to seek vengeance. Meanwhile, secrets brew about Johnny's prior connections to Clayton...It has been distributed in the US by The Cannon Group, Warner Bros., MGM and Mill Creek Entertainment. | |
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Retired Badass | |
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Retired Badass: Lewis has hung up his guns and become a farmer in Mexico by film's start. However, he takes up gunslinging one more time to avenge his brother's murder. | |
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Taking Over the Town | |
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Taking Over the Town: Sam Clayton and his gang attack a small Western town and kill a man. The local preacher, Father John, manages to capture one, but Clayton guns him down on the church steps before taking over the town. | |
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Villain Opening Scene | |
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Villain Opening Scene: The Clayton Gang riding into town guns blazing as their leader rapes a woman. | |
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Railing Kill | |
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Railing Kill: The first member of the Clayton Gang to die in Lewis' Roaring Rampage of Revenge is startled by Lewis' appearance on the roof—thinking him to be the priest's ghost—and falls trough the railing on the saloon roof to his death. | |
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Two Shots from Behind the Bar | |
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Two Shots from Behind the Bar: When Jess Clayton murders the gambler in the saloon, Saloon Owner Jenny grabs a double-barreled shotgun from behind the bar and comes out to try to take Jess to the sheriff. Unfortunately, Sam Clayton takes it off her. | |
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Crapsack World | |
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Crapsack World: The Old West is a desolate desert where one can go days without food or water just trying to pass through town, gangs of outlaws roam the streets, and the law is enforced by morons. | |
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Alliterative Title: God's Gun | |
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Agony of the Feet | |
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Agony of the Feet: After cowing the judge into compliance, Sam Clayton stands on the judge's foot while forcing him to announce that Jess' murder of the gambler was self-defence. | |
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Cut Phone Lines | |
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Cut Phone Lines: After Taking Over the Town, the Clayton Gang destroy the telegraph lines so no one in Juno City can contact the outside world for help. | |
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Blasting It Out of Their Hands | |
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Blasting It Out of Their Hands: During their final showdown, Lewis shoots Clayton's gun out if his hand,then shoots it several more times while it is in the air. | |
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The Coroner Doth Protest Too Much | |
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The Coroner Doth Protest Too Much: The Claytons force the town judge to rule their killing of Father John as self-defense. | |
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No Honor Among Thieves | |
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No Honor Among Thieves: Several of the Clayton Gang decide to quit after Johnny escapes Juno City, worried that he is going to bring back the U.S. Marshal. Sam Clayton gives them their share of the gang's loot and escorts them to the Mexican border. He leaves them,then doubles back and kills all of them and takes back the money. | |
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Disguised Hostage Gambit | |
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Disguised Hostage Gambit: Jess and Zeke shoot what they think id Father John standing in the church, only to discover it a member of their own gang whom Lewis has dressed in Father John's cassock and hat. | |
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Police Are Useless | |
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Police Are Useless: The local sheriff is an alcoholic who actively refuses to go after the Claytons. | |
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Spit Take | |
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Spit Take: Johnny sneaks a glass of communion wine while Father John isn't looking, only to spit out as soon as the taste hits him. | |
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Gambling Brawl | |
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Gambling Brawl: Lewis decided to become a Retired Gunfighter after he shot a man he caught cheating in a gambling game in Abilene, which led to him to killing three other men in a gunfight. | |
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Outfit Decoy | |
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Outfit Decoy: Lewis and Johnny hang Father John's cassock and hat on a candelabra; tricking two of the Clayton Gang into emptying their revolvers into it. | |
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Luke, You Are My Father | |
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Luke, You Are My Father: Johnny's mother reveals to Sam that Johnny is his son from having raped her years ago. | |
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Serial Rapist | |
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Serial Rapist: The Claytons each rape at least one woman in every town they ride through. | |
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Chairman of the Brawl | |
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Chairman of the Brawl: Jenny rather ineffectively hits Jess Clayton with a chair when the Clayton Gang take over the saloon. | |
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Retired Gunfighter | |
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Retired Gunfighter: Lewis has hung up his guns and become a farmer in Mexico by film's start. However, he takes up gunslinging one more time to avenge his brother's murder. | |
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Scarecrow Solution | |
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Scarecrow Solution: When Lewis starts his vengeance quest, he dons his twin brother's cassock and hat so that the Claytons think it's his ghost. | |
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The Speechless | |
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The Speechless: Johnny is struck dumb after seeing Father John gunned down by the Clayton Gang in front of his eyes. | |
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Shoot Him, He Has a Wallet! | |
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Shoot Him, He Has a Wallet!: During the final showdown, Sam Clayton thrusts his hand into a money bag he has hanging on a grave marker. Lewis thinks he he is reaching for a gun he has hidden in there and shoots him. It turns out Sam was pulling out a handful of banknotes in an attempt to bribe Lewis. | |
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Big Bad | |
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Big Bad: Sam Clayton, the Outlaw that killed Father John. | |
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Badass and Child Duo | |
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Badass and Child Duo: Lewis is summoned to town by a young boy named Johnny, who accompanies him on his vengeance quest. | |
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Christianity Is Catholic | |
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Christianity is Catholic: Despite the much greater likelihood of an Old West preacher being Protestant, Father John is in fact Catholic. | |
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Same Language Dub | |
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Same Language Dub: Richard Boone was dubbed by another actor. He already had health problems, and after a drunken argument he walked off the set, and left the location before he had recorded all his dialog. | |
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Outlaw | |
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Outlaw: The main antagonists are a criminal gang who have taken over a town. | |
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Predecessor Villain | |
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Predecessor Villain: Long before the start of the film, Lewis took down a corrupt gambler and the thugs who went after him in revenge. They had nothing to do with the Claytons and are long dead by film's end. | |
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Child by Rape | |
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Child by Rape: Johnny thought his father was dead, but he was actually the product of a prior rape by Sam Clayton. | |
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Roaring Rampage of Revenge | |
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Roaring Rampage of Revenge: A gunfighter returns to his hometown to slaughter the outlaws that killed his preacher brother. | |
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*Twang* Hello | |
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*Twang* Hello: When Johnny tries to run from the saloon to fetch the sheriff, Jess Clayton throws a knife into the door beside his head; stopping him in his tracks. | |
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Saloon Owner | |
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Saloon Owner: Jenny owns the Jenny Saloon;the only watering hole in Juno City. The number of scantily clad saloon girls she employs implies she mighty be a Miss Kitty as well (although she insists she runs a 'respectable place'). | |
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Decoy Protagonist | |
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Decoy Protagonist: We start the film following Badass Preacher Father John's battles against a gang of outlaws, but he's killed a half hour in, after which his gunslinger brother Lewis shows up to get revenge. | |
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Throwing Off the Disability | |
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Throwing Off the Disability: Johnny is able to overcome his hysterical muteness and yell out a Big "NO!" when he thinks Clayton is reaching for a hidden gun to shoot Lewis. | |
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Badass Preacher | |
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Badass Preacher: Father John's response to a murder committed in his town and the law doing nothing is to hunt the gang down and personally drag one of them to jail. Unfortunately, this gets him killed. | |
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