Dead Man's Gun (1997) (TV Movie)

INFORMATION FROM IMDb

Plot Summary
It is only a gun - not a common gun but its mystery is not the unusual manufacture but the fact that it is a dead man's gun. Three stories follow the fate of successive holders of this haunted weapon. The Great McDonacle is a second-rate trick shot artist; in his hands the gun cannot miss even the most difficult shots, but doesn't make him quite fast enough. Jack Fleetwood steals the gun from its sleeping owner; he can salt a mine with it and cheat an honest farmer by convincing him to buy this worthless mine, but the con man can be conned. Cole finds the gun on a skeleton; a fast draw becomes a reality, but tragedy comes to his brother. At the end, the gun is returned to the skeleton, waiting for its next victim.
Written by Bruce Cameron

Cast
Kris Kristofferson ... Narrator
John Ritter ... Harry McDonacle (segment "The Great McDonacle")
Teryl Rothery ... Ariadne (segment "The Great McDonacle")
Jay Brazeau ... Dobbs (segment "Great McDonacle, The")
April Telek ... Brittany (segment "The Great McDonacle")
Alf Humphreys ... Simon Grey (segment "The Great McDonacle") (as Alfred E. Humphreys)
Annabel Kershaw ... Mary Grey (segment "The Great McDonacle")
Douglas Arthurs ... Angel Moralis (segment "Great McDonacle, The")
John 'Bear' Curtis ... Big Joe Silas (segment "The Great McDonacle")
Luc Corbeil ... Man (segment "The Great McDonacle")
Dean Wray ... Bob Meade (segment "The Great McDonacle")
French Tickner ... James J. Peterson (segment "The Great McDonacle")
Brad Payne ... Blue-eyed boy (segment "The Great McDonacle")
Adrien Dorval ... Heckler (segment "The Great McDonacle")
Noah Heney ... Inebrieted heckler (segment "The Great McDonacle")
Rod Crawford ... Man #1 (segment "The Great McDonacle")
and many more...

Directed
Neill Fearnley ... (segment "My Brother's Keeper")
Joseph L. Scanlan ... (segment "The Great McDonacle")
Brad Turner ... (segment "Fool's Gold")

Writing Credits
Howard Spielman ... (created, written by) &
Ed Spielman ... (created, written by)

Produced
Larry Sugar ... producer
Henry Winkler ... executive producer

Music
Terry Frewer

Cinematography
Bruce Worrall

Trivia
Unknown

Goofs
Unknown

Memorable Quotes

Filming Locations
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Dead Man's Gun was an American western, spun off the anthology TV series
that ran on Showtime from 1997 to 1999
The series followed the travels of a gun as it passed to a new character in each episode.
The gun would change the life of whoever possessed it.

The movie was narrated by Kris Kristofferson. The executive producer was Henry Winkler.

User Review

Sorry.. my apologies.....
1 October 2004 | by BigLaxFan94 (Mono, Ontario - Canada)

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I just wanted to clear something up from the original comments I made about "Dead Man's Gun". At the end of the comments I said that I didn't see any voting button to click so I missed it. Well, I just saw it and I just cast my vote for a 9 out of 10 for this film. I originally gave this film an 8 but then I thought it was a little better than an 8 so I gave it a 9. Another reason why I didn't vote on this was because this film was a made-for-TV film and normally whenever I comment on a made-for-TV film there's usually no place where you can place your vote. Another thing: the girl who played Gordon Tootoosis' granddaughter. She appears to be Cheri Maracle but I need to make sure. Anyways, still a good film nonetheless.