The Legend of the Golden Gun

The Legend of the Golden Gun
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)
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	April 10, 1979 (1979-04-10)

The Legend of the Golden Gun is a 1979 television Western film, starring Jeff Osterhage, Hal Holbrook, Carl Franklin, and Robert Davi

Plot Summary

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.

Cast

• Jeff Osterhage as John Golden
• Carl Franklin as Joshua Brown
• Robert Davi as William Quantrill
• Keir Dullea as General Custer
• Michele Carey as Maggie
• John McLiam as Jake Powell
• Elissa Leeds as Sara Powell
• R. G. Armstrong as Judge Harrison Harding
• Hal Holbrook as J.R. Swackhammer
• William Bryant as William Ford
• Rex Holman as Sturges
• J. Brian Pizer as Captain Marks
• R. L. Tolbert as Buffalo Bill
• Budge Taylor as Dr. Wheller
• Walt Davis as Soldier #3
• Michael Yama as The photographer
• David Holbrook as The young outlaw

DVD

"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

External links

• The Legend of the Golden Gun at IMDb