The Legend of the Golden Gun | |
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Genre | Fantasy Western |
Written by | James D. Parriott |
Directed by | Alan J. Levi |
Starring |
Jeff Osterhage Hal Holbrook Carl Franklin Robert Davi |
Theme music composer | Jerrold Immel |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) |
Harve Bennett Harris Katleman |
Producer(s) |
B. W. Sandefur Dean Zanetos (associate producer) James D. Parriott (supervising producer) |
Location(s) | Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California |
Cinematography | Gerald Perry Finnerman |
Editor(s) | Robert F. Shugrue |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Production company(s) |
Bennett/Katleman Productions Columbia Pictures Television |
Distributor |
NBC Columbia TriStar Domestic Television |
Release | |
Original network | NBC |
Original release |
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The Legend of the Golden Gun is a 1979 television Western film, starring Jeff Osterhage, Hal Holbrook, Carl Franklin, and Robert Davi
John Golden, young farmer and Joshua Brown, a bible-quoting runaway slave, team up to track down the legendary Confederate guerrilla William Quantrill. On their journey the meet a legendary gunfighter named J.R. Swackhammer, who teaches the young farmer how to shoot and gives him a special gun that shoots seven rounds, the seventh which he must use to fight evil.
"The Legend of the Golden Gun" was released on DVD on December 4, 2012 and still is available to order at Amazon.com and at tcm.com