Heaven with a Gun

Heaven with a Gun

Jim Killian killed like an artist. This is the story of his masterpiece.

Directed by Lee H. Katzin

Produced by King Brothers Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

196998 min5.5 / 10

A morally conflicted Western about a gunslinger-turned-preacher caught between his violent past and the desire for redemption, forced to confront cycles of revenge in a frontier feud.

Jim Killian arrives in a small Arizona town hoping to establish a peaceful life as the local preacher, but he soon finds himself in the middle of a feud between sheep ranchers and cattlemen. Leloopa, a young Native American woman, pleads for Killian's help after her shepherd father is hung by Coke Beck, the vicious son of the head cattle rancher. Killian must weigh his actions carefully lest he perpetuate the cycle of retribution and revenge.

Questions people ask

  • Is Heaven with a Gun violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Is Heaven with a Gun scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is Heaven with a Gun sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

  • Does Heaven with a Gun end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Heaven with a Gun easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

17/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity52

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise6

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love8

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Heaven with a Gun, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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