Heaven with a Gun

May 20, 1969

1h 38m

★ 5.6

Jim Killian killed like an artist. This is the story of his masterpiece.

Overview

Jim Killian arrives in a small Arizona town hoping to establish a peaceful life as the local preacher, but he soon finds himself in the middle of a feud between sheep ranchers and cattlemen. Leloopa, a young Native American woman, pleads for Killian's help after her shepherd father is hung by Coke Beck, the vicious son of the head cattle rancher. Killian must weigh his actions carefully lest he perpetuate the cycle of retribution and revenge.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

King Brothers Productions

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Heaven with a Gun Trailers

Cast

Jim Killan

Glenn Ford

Madge McCloud

Carolyn Jones

Leloopa

Barbara Hershey

Ase Beck

John Anderson

Coke Beck

David Carradine

Mace

J.D. Cannon

Garvey

Noah Beery Jr.

Gus Sampson

Harry Townes

Bart Paterson

William Bryant

Mrs. Patterson

Virginia Gregg

Abraham Murdock

James Griffith

Ned Hunter

Roger Perry

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