The Gun

Film per la TV
1974
1h 18min

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6,8/10

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Crime Drama

Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaThe "life" of a handgun is followed from its manufacture to its ultimate fate, and shows the effects the weapon has on its various owners.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.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.

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VALUTAZIONE IMDb

6,8/10

102

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The date that Arthur first looks at the new gun is noted as March 3, 1971, and this was a Wednesday. The next date given is October 26, 1971, which turned out to be a Tuesday, even though the pawnbroker actually says that it is Friday. The third date was Saturday the fourth of December, 1971, and this at least looks right, as the kids are not in school. The next date was the 16th of February, 1972. This was another Wednesday - exactly fifty weeks after the first date. The following scenes with Mr. Kelsey take place over more than one day. To note, Ramon Bieri, who plays Kelsey, was in the Hawaii Five-O (1968) about a gun that travelled through many owners, as the one here does. Over two and a half years later, the 20th of September, 1974, is a Friday. The next one, 13th November, was yet another Wednesday.

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In a number of shots, the Smith and Wesson revolver used in this film is replaced with a fake prop gun that has a longer barrel and a differently shaped front sight.

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Spin-off from Il carnevale della vita (1943)

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7/10

Effective storytelling; stark yet brutally honest

This was one of the many made-for-TV movies that was startling effective, in spite of limited budget and short production time. It gets its point across only too well, with expert direction by John Badham. He utilizes a number of odd point-of-view shots, and a cast of mostly unknown actors to provide the human interest essential to this story. The story's construction is a series of vignettes related by only one thread, the presence of the same gun in each case.

The main character is not a person, but as titled, a gun. It passes from hand to hand several times, commencing with its initial sale. As it changes hands in a variety of ways, each new possessor has a different agenda. The weapon itself is utilized in a variety of ways, often in manners that bring about woeful circumstances. The final tragic outcome of the last handler of the gun is rendered in a frightful image, which will stick with you long after seeing the movie. The commentary is clear and effective. A fine movie.