The Gun

TV Movie
1974
1h 18m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

102

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Crime Drama

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.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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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

102

YOUR RATING

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Trivia
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.

Goofs
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.

Connections
Spin-off from Flesh and Fantasy (1943)

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7/10

Some might find it preachy and anti-gun....so be forewarned.

I own a few guns, so you would think I might not be a fan of "The Gun" because it has a message that seems to be anti-gun. Michael Karol in "The ABC Movie of the Week Companion" said that "the NRA wouldn't like this movie"...well, maybe. I took the message to be NOT guns are evil but stupid people should never, ever own a gun...and the many folks who come to possess this gun are a real smorgasbord of stupidity!! First, you have people who buy a gun but aren't trained and are afraid of it. Selling it back to a store wasn't a bad idea...but then the gun is illegally sold to a maniac and the gun gets passes on and on...even in one case a total idiot throws it and the bullets into a dumpster to get rid of it!!! Crazy.

I didn't find the film unfair or preachy and it was well acted and constructed. Plus, several times people COULD have been killed but time and time again something intervened..at least in most cases. Fair and worth seeing....just understand if you get easily offended by things that seem anti-gun OR you want the film to be very clear and intense in its condemning of guns, you will be sorely disappointed.