The Gun and the Pulpit

The Gun and the Pulpit

NR 1974 · 74 min · ★ 6.0 · Western, TV Movie

In the days of the "Wild West," a gunslinger, with a price on his head, discovers the body of a traveling minister who has been killed in an ambush. Fearing those who are following him, he assumes the dead minister's identity.

Directed by Daniel Petrie

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