The Gatling Gun (1973)
This is a not so great western about the first real killing machine that would change the face of all wars to come, The Gatling Gun.
The movie starts as a squad of United States Calvary after the Civil War, retrieve a stolen Gatling Gun from a brash young private played by Robert Fuller. This is mostly a B-movie but has some great stars in it including John Carradine, as a preacher; Woody Strode, as a calvary scout; Patrick Wayne as a former confederate soldier and Pat Buttram of Gene Autry fame playing his usual side kick role.
As with most westerns that deal with the time after the Civil War, the boys in blue run into the former boys in gray and the two must unite for the greater good. While this movie was made in the early 70's, it does hearken back to a time in the 1950's when Hollywood was pumping out many of these B-Technicolor westerns.
The Gatling Gun will never be remembered as a great movie of its time and is probably in public domain. But if you enjoy westerns and have an hour or so to kill, then The Gatling Gun is time well spent. The cast alone makes it entertaining. This movie could have been made with more money and might even make a good remake. I would rather Hollywood remake a movie like this, then butcher the big time classics like the Glenn Ford movie, 3:10 to Yuma.
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4 comments:
I agree. Why do they have to remake everything? You're doing a fine job here, Kim! I think I have seen 'The Gatling Gun', I'm not sure.
The Gatling Gun might be in public domain. If it is then you can watch it for free at:
www.archive.org
cheers kim
I just bought it on ebay for 1.00.
I received it in the mail today...b movies yes, great stars, yes. Low budget yes. 2 and one half stars, LOL
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