Love Is a Gun

Love Is a Gun

Love fades, but murder is forever.

R 1994 · 105 min · ★ 5.7 · Mystery, Crime, Drama

A model causes an obsessed police photographer to lose his girlfriend and become a murder suspect.

Directed by David Hartwell · Written by David Hartwell

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