The Gun (1974 film)

The Gun is a made for television film, of the suspense-thriller type, which ABC-TV transmitted as a Movie Of The Week on November 13, 1974. It starred David Huffman, Ron Thompson, Richard Bright, Pepe Serna, Lee de Broux, and Stephen Elliott, and was written directly for television by Jay Benson, Richard Levinson, and William Link and directed by John Badham, then a working director of television productions. Levinson and Link were also the producers of the film.

Plot

A series of interweaving stories tell the journey of a handgun—specifically, a long-barreled revolver with a blue-steel finish, whose caliber is not specified—as it passes from one owner to another. Some of these owners are lawless; others are law-abiding and, indeed, law enforcers. But in all the time it passes between its various owners, it is never actually fired (aside from the one test-firing it underwent at the factory) and is never shown actually to discharge any ammunition.

Its last scene, however, depicts a child who finds the gun while it is fully loaded and has none of its safeties engaged. The film shock-cuts to black just then, but it is implied that the child has accidentally caused it to discharge a round of ammunition—and been seriously injured, or killed, by the bullet thus fired from it.

Gun (disambiguation)

A gun is an object that propels another object through a hollow tube, primarily as weaponry.

Gun or Guns may also refer to:

Places

  • Kőszeg or Güns, a town in Hungary
  • Gun, a former administrative District of Japan
  • Gun, a Korean county
  • In entertainment

  • The Gun (history book), a 2010 book by C.J. Chivers
  • The Gun (novel), a 1933 novel by C. S. Forester
  • "The Gun" (short story), a short story by Philip K. Dick
  • "Guns" (essay), an essay by Stephen King
  • Gun (cellular automaton), a pattern in Conway's Game of Life
  • The Gun (1974 film), television film directed by John Badham
  • Gun (TV series), a short-lived anthology series produced by Robert Altman
  • Gun (video game), a video game set in the 1880s in the American West
  • Guns (miniseries), a Canadian television miniseries that aired on CBC Television in 2008
  • Gun (2010 film), an American film
  • Gun (2011 film), an Indian film
  • Guardian Units of Nations (G.U.N), an organization in the Sonic The Hedgehog series of video games
  • "The Gun", an alternate name for the unmade Seinfeld episode "The Bet"
  • The Gun (short story)

    The Gun is a science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick, first published in 1952 September issue of Planet Stories, and later published in Beyond Lies the Wub in 1984. "The Gun" has been published in Italian, German, French and Polish translations.

    Plot synopsis

    The plot centers around a group of space explorers who investigate a planet which appears deserted. However, they are shot down and crash land on the planet. While repairing their ship, a team of explorers sets to survey the surrounding area, where they discover the ruins of an ancient city. Upon further investigation, it is revealed that the gun which shot them down is in the city, and is programmed to shoot anything down which enters the airspace above the city. They examine the gun and discover that it is protecting a tomb directly underneath it -- a tomb which contains artifacts, film and photographs of a lost civilization. In order to prevent themselves from being shot down by the same gun while attempting to leave the planet, they destroy the gun and take the artifacts with them. As they leave the ship, hoping to return one day, it is revealed that several automatized machines begin to repair and erect the gun again: this time it is loaded with nuclear warheads.

    The Gun (band)

    The Gun was a late 1960s British rock guitar trio who had a single British Top Ten hit, "Race with the Devil" and recorded two albums before disbanding. Two of its founders, brothers Paul Gurvitz and Adrian Gurvitz, later took the name Three Man Army and recorded three albums.

    After joining up with Ginger Baker (Cream, Blind Faith) as Baker Gurvitz Army, the trio recorded three albums: Baker Gurvitz Army, Elysian Encounter and Hearts On Fire. During the same period, the Gurvitz brothers recorded two albums with drummer Graeme Edge of The Moody Blues: Kick Off Your Muddy Boots and Paradise Ballroom, under the name The Graeme Edge Band; this was not a touring band, and also featured Baker.

    History

    The Gun were renamed in 1967 from The Knack, formed by guitarist/vocalist Paul Gurvitz (born Paul Anthony Gurvitz, 6 July 1944, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire - he was known by the surname Curtis until the early 1970s after which he returned to his original name Gurvitz). The Knack changed their name in the spring/summer of 1966, and the setup was Paul Curtis (Gurvitz) on guitar and vocals, Louie Farrell (born Brian John Farrell, 8 December 1947, Goodmayes, Essex) (who had joined The Knack in mid 1966) on drums, Gearie Kenworthy on bass guitar, Tim Mycroft organ, and later for a short while, Jon Anderson of Yes. The Gun performed at the UFO Club, supporting bands such as Pink Floyd, Arthur Brown and Tomorrow. Recording sessions at Olympic Studios produced the unreleased single "Lights on the Wall", while in November 1967 they recorded for the BBC alternative music radio programme Top Gear and twice played on air. In early 1968 the band changed its line-up to a trio, with Paul Curtis (Gurvitz) on bass, Louie Farrell on drums and Adrian Curtis (Gurvitz) on guitar, plus Marco Monti (voice and guitar) when recording in the studio.

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