Gatling Gun (1968)

Director
Paolo Bianchini

Main cast
Robert Woods; John Ireland; Ida Galli; Claudie Lange; George Rigaud

Genres
Action, History, Western, Foreign

Description
This dramatization of the origin of Dr. Gatling's self-named invention stands tall in the annals of the Old West. As cavalry transported the high-tech gun across the dangerous frontier, it blasted its way into history to become the predecessor to the modern-day machine gun.


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