Gatling Gun (film)

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Gatling Gun
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Directed by Paolo Bianchini
Written by José Luis Merino
Claudio Failoni
Franco Calderoni
Paolo Bianchini
Produced by Edmondo Amati
Starring Robert Woods
CinematographyFrancisco Marín
Music by Piero Piccioni
Release date
  • 1968 (1968)
LanguageItalian

Gatling Gun (Italian : Quel caldo maledetto giorno di fuoco, Spanish : La ametralladora, also known as Damned Hot Day of Fire and Machine Gun Killers) is a 1968 Italian-Spanish Spaghetti Western film directed by Paolo Bianchini and starring Robert Woods. [1] [2]

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Plot

In the waning days of the Civil War, Richard Gatling, creator of the gatling gun, offers his invention to the Federal Government. But Gatling is kidnapped by two assassins - under the employ of Tarpas. They also steal his new invention and kill three Union government agents. Soon after, the Pinkerton Agency sends out Cpt. Chris Tanner (himself a former secret service agent) to find Gatling and recover the weapon.

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