The Gun and the Pulpit

The Gun and the Pulpit
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GenreWestern
Based onThe Fastest Gun in the Pulpit
by Jack Ehrlich
Teleplay byWilliam Bowers
Directed byDaniel Petrie
StarringMarjoe Gortner
Music byGeorge Tipton
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerPaul Junger Witt
ProducerPaul Maslansky
Production locations
CinematographyRichard C. Glouner
EditorTerence Anderson
Running time74 minutes
Production companyDanny Thomas Productions in association with Cine Television
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseApril 3, 1974 (1974-04-03)
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The Gun and the Pulpit is a 1974 American Western television film starring Marjoe Gortner and Slim Pickens, directed by Daniel Petrie. It was based on Jack Ehrlich's 1972 novel The Fastest Gun in the Pulpit. Filmed at Old Tucson, it was a television pilot for a series[1] to star Gortner, a former evangelist.

  1. ^ p.221 Terrace, Vincent Experimental Television, Test Films, Pilots, and Trial Series, 1925 through 1995: Seven Decades of Small Screen Almosts McFarland, 1997