God's Gun (A Bullet from God) (Diamante Lobo) (1977)

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One of two 1976 Italian-Israeli co-productions starring Lee Van Cleef and Leif Garrett (Joseph Manduke's Kid Vengeance was the other), this spaghetti Western stars Van Cleef in a dual role as twin brothers. One of the brothers, Father John, is gunned down by the ruthless Sam Clayton (Jack Palance),… More One of two 1976 Italian-Israeli co-productions starring Lee Van Cleef and Leif Garrett (Joseph Manduke's Kid Vengeance was the other), this spaghetti Western stars Van Cleef in a dual role as twin brothers. One of the brothers, Father John, is gunned down by the ruthless Sam Clayton (Jack Palance), allowing Sam's gang to take over Juno City. Young Johnny (Garrett) crosses into Mexico to convince the priest's twin, a retired bounty hunter named Louis, to strap on his guns one more time and save the town. Van Cleef is compelling, even in his somewhat laughable wig, and the familiar cast also includes Richard Boone and Sybil Danning, but it somehow misses the mark. Irwin Yablans, who made his name with Halloween two years later, co-produced with Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 33 min.
Directed By: Gianfranco Parolini
Genres: Western, Action & Adventure, Art House & International

In Theaters: May 6, 1977 Wide
On DVD: Apr 13, 2004

Critic Reviews

Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
The film is all action and no brains.

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Bruce B

True Spaghetti Western. Well it's filmed in Israel so does that make it a Jewish Western or a Spaghetti Western humm. Seriously it fits the bill for Spaghetti Western, My copy came from the Mill Creek 20 Pack Mean Guns and it was a poor quality reproduction, so if your looking… More
True Spaghetti Western. Well it's filmed in Israel so does that make it a Jewish Western or a Spaghetti Western humm. Seriously it fits the bill for Spaghetti Western, My copy came from the Mill Creek 20 Pack Mean Guns and it was a poor quality reproduction, so if your looking for quality you might try a different production lab. In this Lee Van Cleef plays two parts in this movie A preacher (Father John and a Gun Slinger (Lewis). Jack Palace plays the bad guy as he did in many movies. I remember him from the TV series High Chappell. Leif Garrett is the young boy Johnny, son of the beautiful Sybil Danning. Well Preacher gets killed and his twin brother is out for revenge. Movie came out in 1976 so I imagine it might have gotten billed in NYC and a few other places, took a while to hit TV. If your a spaghetti Western Fan its a must, other then that this one might put you to sleep.
Doctor S

Extremely dull Western with a parade of the ancients in Van Cleef, Palance, and Boone. Was forced to watch against my will so I suppose that affects my reaction/revulsion. Only memorable part is a laughably gratuitous scene in a whorehouse run by Danning (there's a shocker)… More
Extremely dull Western with a parade of the ancients in Van Cleef, Palance, and Boone. Was forced to watch against my will so I suppose that affects my reaction/revulsion. Only memorable part is a laughably gratuitous scene in a whorehouse run by Danning (there's a shocker) although I don't think there's any actual nudity, just a lot of legs & cleavage in a sad attempt to enliven this dead horse.