Death Rides Behind a Horse (Gatling Gun in Western films)
The Gatling gun is one of the most-known, early rapid-fire weapons and also a favorite of Western films lovers.
It was invented by Richard Gatling, and it was used during the American Civil War in the 1860s, the Japanese Revolution (1868 to 1870), the Anglo-Zulu War (1879), The Great Sioux War of 1876, The Boxer Rebellion (1899 - 1901), during the Spanish–American War (1898), The Mexican Revolution (1910– 20) and against striking miners in the USA, to name a few places.
Also, look for other Machine Guns in these films.
It was invented by Richard Gatling, and it was used during the American Civil War in the 1860s, the Japanese Revolution (1868 to 1870), the Anglo-Zulu War (1879), The Great Sioux War of 1876, The Boxer Rebellion (1899 - 1901), during the Spanish–American War (1898), The Mexican Revolution (1910– 20) and against striking miners in the USA, to name a few places.
Also, look for other Machine Guns in these films.
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- DirectorSergio LeoneStarsClint EastwoodGian Maria VolontèMarianne KochA wandering gunfighter plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge.Maybe a Mitrailleuse Machine Gun, 1869 or so. Not real it seems.
- DirectorJames MangoldStarsRussell CroweChristian BaleBen FosterA small-time rancher agrees to hold a captured outlaw who's awaiting a train to go to court in Yuma. A battle of wills ensues as the outlaw tries to psych out the rancher.
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsClint EastwoodSondra LockeChief Dan GeorgeMissouri farmer Josey Wales joins a Confederate guerrilla unit and winds up on the run from the Union soldiers who murdered his family.Two Colt 1874 Gatling Guns.
- DirectorGore VerbinskiStarsJohnny DeppArmie HammerWilliam FichtnerNative American warrior Tonto recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid, a man of the law, into a legend of justice.
- DirectorJimmy HaywardStarsJosh BrolinMegan FoxJohn MalkovichThe U.S. military makes a scarred bounty hunter with warrants on his own head an offer he cannot refuse: in exchange for his freedom, he must stop a terrorist who is ready to unleash Hell on Earth.
- DirectorBarry SonnenfeldStarsWill SmithKevin KlineKenneth BranaghThe two best special agents in the Wild West must save President Grant from the clutches of a diabolical, wheelchair-bound, steampunk-savvy, Confederate scientist bent on revenge for losing the Civil War.
- DirectorChristopher CainStarsEmilio EstevezKiefer SutherlandLou Diamond PhillipsA group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.
- DirectorSam PeckinpahStarsWilliam HoldenErnest BorgnineRobert RyanAn aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.Also has a M1917 Browning machine gun.
- DirectorSergio CorbucciStarsFranco NeroJosé CanalejasJosé BódaloA coffin-dragging gunslinger and a prostitute become embroiled in a bitter feud between a Klan of Southern racists and a band of Mexican Revolutionaries.A gun like the Gatling Gun, it's a mix between the French Mitrailleuse, a Gatling Gun, and a water-cooled machinegun like the Maxim.
- DirectorArnold LavenStarsBurt ReynoldsAngie DickinsonClint WalkerA widow hires an ex-gambler to retrieve gold bars from a sunken river boat in Colorado and discreetly return them to the Federal Mint, from where they had been stolen by her dead husband.
- DirectorSngmoo LeeStarsJang Dong-gunKate BosworthGeoffrey RushA warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission.
- DirectorAndrew V. McLaglenStarsDean MartinBrian KeithCarol WhiteA man kidnaps the wife of a cavalry commander in order to exchange her for a Gatling gun that's being sold by a gun runner.
- DirectorLes MayfieldStarsColin FarrellScott CaanAli Larter5 Southern friends return home when the war ends 1865. But Yankee soldiers and Pinkerton are busy helping a railroad baron grab land from farmers along the planned railroad west. The 5 friends fight back.
- DirectorStuart MillarStarsJohn WayneKatharine HepburnAnthony ZerbeMarshal Rooster Cogburn unwillingly teams up with Eula Goodnight to track down her father's murderers.
- DirectorSteve MinerStarsJames Van Der BeekRachael Leigh CookAshton KutcherA ragtag group of youngsters band together after the American Civil War to form the Texas Rangers, a group charged with the dangerous, ruthless duty of cleaning up the West.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsGeorge PeppardGiovanna RalliRaf ValloneIn 1916, when a Mexican rebel steals cannons from the American army, General Pershing sends out a group of misfits to retrieve the stolen weapons.
- DirectorRobert GordonStarsGuy StockwellRobert FullerBarBara LunaTwo backstabbing deserters steal a Gatling Gun from their cavalry unit to attack an Apache tribe and steal their gold. They get help from a naive pacifist pastor. Meanwhile, both the cavalry and the Apache go after them - and the Gun.
- DirectorRoel ReinéStarsDanny TrejoMickey RourkeAnthony Michael HallA leader killed by his own gang, gets offered a chance by Satan himself to escape damnation.
- DirectorBurt KennedyStarsJohn WayneKirk DouglasHoward KeelThe story of a man who was shot, robbed and imprisoned who returns to steal a large gold shipment from the man who wronged him. The gold is transported in an armored stage coach, the War Wagon.
- StarsTom BerengerSam ElliottGary BuseyUndersecretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt resigns to form a volunteer militia unit called "The Rough Riders" to fight in the Spanish-American War.
- DirectorDwight YoakamStarsBilly Bob ThorntonLuke AskewDwight YoakamA U.S. Marshal tracks a destructive clan of outlaws, while a government man claims that the Marshal is actually a ghost of his deceased self.
- DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsKirk DouglasHenry FondaHume CronynA charming but totally ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison. He enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing his hidden loot.
- DirectorPaolo BianchiniStarsJohn IrelandRobert WoodsIda GalliRichard Gatling wants to offer the machine gun he has invented to the government, but Tarpas has other ideas and kidnaps the man along with his prototype. Tanner then tries to track them down.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsPat ConwayRichard EasthamDouglas KennedyAugust 12, 1886 - Former bank robber Sam Colby and his two partners intend to ambush and rob an army payroll wagon using a stolen Gatling gun. After setting their trap, Colby rides into Tombstone to purchase as much ammunition as he can and comes into contact with Harris Claibourne and his former fiancé Sarah Medford. Colby's violent actions bring him to the attention of Sheriff Clay Hollister who has serious concerns about Colby and the real reasons behind his visit.
- DirectorRudolph MatéStarsVan JohnsonJoanne DruRichard BooneCavalry Captain Farraday attempts to prevent the delivery of Gatling Guns into the hands of hostile Indians.
- 1955–196130mTV-PG7.9 (40)TV EpisodeDirectorFrank McDonaldStarsHugh O'BrianRichard GarlandCharles FredericksGeneral Sherman asks Earp to intervene with the Nez Perce tribe and Chief Joseph about reclaiming a Gatling gun stolen by Nez Perce. Earp and Mr. Cousin head west to contact Chief Joseph but a militia made up of land grabbers stop them.
- DirectorGianfranco ParoliniStarsYul BrynnerDean ReedIgnazio SpallaSabata helps a band of Mexican revolutionaries steal a wagon-load of gold from the occupying Austrian forces of Emperor Maximilian I.
- DirectorWilliam J. Hole Jr.StarsJohn PickardPatrick McVeyGardner McKayAn inspection team visits Fort Lowell, resulting in a cloudy future for both Col. Hayes and the Gatling gun. However, an unexpected Indian attack and the actions of an aging enlisted man show that, on the frontier, experience counts far more than strict adherence to regulations.
- DirectorPaul LandresStarsBill WilliamsDon DiamondGeorge D. WallaceKit and El Toro are entrusted with protecting the west's first Gatling gun, which is wanted by a gang headed by a woman who is a wanted Confederate war criminal.
- DirectorTim CreminStarsVince CecereJim ClementeAshley Hlebinsky
- DirectorTom GriesStarsJim BrownRaquel WelchBurt ReynoldsIn 1912 Sonora, Mexico, native revolutionary Yaqui Joe (Burt Reynolds) robs a bank to buy arms for his oppressed people, but finds himself sought by an American lawman and the Mexican Army.
- DirectorMackenzie CriswellStarsMackenzie CriswellDuring the American Civil War the worlds first effective machine gun. The Gatling Gun fired five bullets at a time, and while never gaining traction during the war, went on to be a major mile stone in weaponry.
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsGary CooperBurt LancasterDenise DarcelDuring the Mexican Rebellion of 1866, an unsavory group of American adventurers are hired by the forces of Emporer Maximilian to escort a countess to Vera Cruz.
- DirectorAntonio MargheritiStarsJim BrownLee Van CleefFred WilliamsonAfter selling his cattle in town, ranch owner Morgan unexpectedly dies, and his foreman Pike has to deliver the payroll to Sonora, despite the perilous journey during which he's followed by many shady characters who want the money.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsHideaki ItôKôichi SatôQuentin TarantinoA nameless gunfighter arrives in a town ripped apart by rival gangs and, though courted by both to join, chooses his own path.
- DirectorNello RossatiStarsFranco NeroChristopher ConnellyLicinia LentiniA monk returns to his former life as a gunfighter when his estranged daughter is kidnapped by a Hungarian slaver.
- DirectorTonino ValeriiStarsJames CoburnBud SpencerTelly SavalasBranded a coward for surrendering his New Mexico fort to the Confederates without firing a shot, a Union colonel attempts to redeem himself by leading a band of condemned prisoners on a suicide mission to recapture it.
- DirectorSergio CorbucciStarsFranco NeroTomas MilianFernando ReyA Swedish arms dealer and a Mexican peon team up to rescue the intellectual leader of the Revolutionary cause, while taking part in numerous misadventures along the way.Fake Mitrailleuse & Maxim guns.
- DirectorBurt KennedyNiksa FulgosiStarsBekim FehmiuRichard CrennaChuck ConnorsArmy deserter Capt. Viktor Kaleb is offered a pardon and reinstatement in the cavalry if he agrees to lead a special forces group in a raid against an Apache stronghold into Mexico.
- DirectorGiancarlo RomitelliStarsRichard HarrisonAnne PuskinGoffredo UngerA bounty hunter tracks a vicious gang of gunrunners across the border into Mexico.
- DirectorAlexander SingerStarsLee Van CleefCarroll BakerStuart WhitmanA Native American born US Army officer, Captain Apache, investigating a murder, uncovers a presidential assassination plot.
- DirectorEnzo G. CastellariStarsEdd ByrnesGeorge HiltonGilbert RolandA gang robs a gold shipment from a train. A so called bounty hunter is sent to track down the robbers and decides to let them lead him to the gold.
- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsGary CooperMadeleine CarrollPaulette GoddardIn 1885, a Texas Ranger travels to Canada to arrest a trapper who's wanted for murder and who's stirring up the Natives in a rebellion against the Canadian government.
- DirectorBurt KennedyStarsWillie NelsonDelta BurkeJack ElamIn 1895, outlaws Cross and Boone are forced to take Mexican authorities to their loot. They travel there on a train full of dynamite with a group of prostitutes. Mexican rebels, Indians, and Wells Fargo Agents are all after them.
- DirectorHy AverbackStarsJames GarnerCharles FrankJack KellyGambling brothers Bret (James Garner) and Bart Maverick (Jack Kelly) are, as usual, hot on the trail of a fast buck when they find themselves partnered with the eager-but-inexperienced Ben Maverick (Charles Frank, son of their British-born cousin, Beau Maverick.
- DirectorGiuliano CarnimeoStarsGeorge HiltonCharles SouthwoodAgata FloriGeneral Ramirez is fighting for the revolution of Mexico against European domination. He hires Hallelujah, a mysterious gunfighter, take down European emperor Maximilian by seizing a purse of jewels intended to be used for the purchase of weapons. This is no easy assignment as he must fight off bandits, secret agents, a fake sister, a so-called Russian prince and other scoundrels!
- DirectorGiuliano CarnimeoStarsGianni GarkoNieves NavarroMassimo SeratoAfter breaking a gambler who has been framed for murder out of prison, Sartana helps him to trace the whereabouts of a cache of missing gold.
- DirectorBurt KennedyStarsRobert ConradRoss MartinPaul WilliamsWest and Gordon come out of retirement to find out who is replacing world leaders with lookalikes. They go to Arizona where the son of their old enemy is found, and with his arsenal of weapons, is a bigger threat than his father ever was.
- DirectorNando CiceroStarsGeorge HiltonEdd ByrnesJorge MartínCaught selling stolen guns, three Confederate soldiers get a reprieve from the firing squad, provided they go into Mexico on a mission to recover stolen gold belonging to the Confederacy.
- DirectorThomas CarrStarsJames EllisonRussell HaydenRaymond HattonAfter Shamrock breaks up a stage robbery attempt by Kent and his men, he trails them to their hideout. Posing as an outlaw he joins them and meets their leader Lucky. But Kent and the others soon quit Lucky to go with the more famous outlaw Gentry. Shamrock learns of their plans and organizes a posse to face them in a showdown.
- DirectorLesley SelanderStarsRod CameronAudrey LongJim DavisAfter 3 Gatling Guns are stolen from a Montana army arsenal, a Cavalry scout is dispatched there to retrieve them before the thieves can sell them to the Indians.
- DirectorMario SicilianoStarsAlberto Dell'AcquaHarry BairdBeatrice PellegrinoSartana and Trinity set out on a grudging relationship hell bent for gold and comic brawls.
- DirectorSergio CorbucciStarsFranco NeroTony MusanteFranco GiacobiniA greedy Polish mercenary helps a mine worker and a peasant girl lead a revolution against the Mexican Government, all while being pursued by an American rival.A Hotchkiss M1909 Benét–Mercié machine gun.
- DirectorEdoardo MulargiaStarsRobert WoodsJeff CameronSelvaggiaFernando returns home from his self chosen exile in Texas to get revenge for the death of his siblings but instead he tries to start a revolution against the despotism of the landowners.
- DirectorDemofilo FidaniStarsRobert WoodsDino StranoBenito PacificoBandit Flannigan kills a tavern owner who ratted him out. Everyone caught in the crossfire dies with him, including the friend of traumatized gunslinger Sam. Out for revenge, Sam is supported by Flannigan's disenchanted girlfriend.
- CreatorGlen A. LarsonStarsBen MurphyRoger DavisPete DuelHannibal Heyes and Kid Curry, two of the most wanted outlaws in the history of the West, are popular "with everyone except the railroads and the banks".Episode: Exit from Wickenburg (1971).
- StarsDarren McGavinDick WesselJack LambertGrey Holden wins a river boat in a poker game, which he then pilots, along with his crew, in various adventures along the Mississippi River. This action series is set in the nineteenth century.Episode: Guns for Empire (1959).
- DirectorVincenzo MusolinoStarsGeorge ArdissonDragomir Bojanic-GidraCristina IosaniWhile Cjamango is away from his ranch six bandits attack and kill all the members of his family. Disrupted by this tragedy he sets out to take his revenge. One by one he kills the bandits and learns along the way that a relative of his wife are involved in this crime.
- DirectorDon TaylorItalo ZingarelliStarsBud SpencerPeter GravesJames DalyAt the behest of local revolutionaries, a mercenary enlists four specialists in various combat styles to help him rob a Mexican Army train carrying $500,000 in gold.Has a BAR, a spaghetti western film taking place during the Mexican Revolution.
- DirectorGiancarlo RomitelliStarsRichard HarrisonAnne PuskinGoffredo UngerA bounty hunter tracks a vicious gang of gunrunners across the border into Mexico.
- DirectorNando CiceroStarsGeorge HiltonEdd ByrnesJorge MartínCaught selling stolen guns, three Confederate soldiers get a reprieve from the firing squad, provided they go into Mexico on a mission to recover stolen gold belonging to the Confederacy.
- DirectorLuigi VanziStarsTony AnthonyLloyd BattistaHitoshi ÔmaeAn American gunfighter is tasked with delivering a valuable scroll to a feudal lord in Japan, and becomes embroiled in a feud between the lord and his rival cousin over ownership of land owed to a young princess in their care.
- StarsWayne RogersRichard EyerRobert BrayLuke Perry and Simon Kane, accompanied by Simon's young son David, run a stagecoach line in the Old West, where they come across a wide variety of ladies in distress, killers, and robbers.Episode: The Big Gun (1961).
- CreatorCharles Marquis WarrenClyde WareStarsJames ArnessMilburn StoneAmanda BlakeMarshal Matt Dillon keeps the peace in rough-and-tumble Dodge City.Episode: The Goldtakers (1966).
- DirectorStuart MillarStarsJohn WayneKatharine HepburnAnthony ZerbeMarshal Rooster Cogburn unwillingly teams up with Eula Goodnight to track down her father's murderers.
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsGeorge KennedyJames WhitmoreMonte MarkhamGunslinger Chris Adams is hired by a Mexican revolutionary to organize the rescue of his cause's leader from a brutal Army prison.
- DirectorSergio LeoneStarsClint EastwoodEli WallachLee Van CleefA bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.
- DirectorGeorge StevensStarsCary GrantJoan FontaineVictor McLaglenIn 19th century India, three British soldiers and a native waterbearer must stop a secret mass revival of the murderous Thuggee cult before it can rampage across the land.Not Western film, but has a Gatling Gun, a Colt Model 1883 Gatling Gun.
- DirectorLuigi VanziStarsTony AnthonyJolanda ModioRaf BaldassarreA lone gunfighter attempts to make a deal with a Mexican bandit to split a shipment of stolen gold, resulting in a brutal game of double-cross between the two parties.A Maxim gun.
- DirectorGiuseppe RosatiStarsGianni GarkoStephen BoydHoward RossCaptain Chadwell, Lieutenant Junger and Sergeant Smith are sent by Washington to help their colleagues of Fort Apache to recover stolen arms. A bounty hunter accompanies them.
- DirectorGianfranco ParoliniStarsLee Van CleefWilliam BergerIgnazio SpallaA master gunfighter sides with a banjo-playing drifter and a Mexican tramp to foil the dignitaries of Daugherty, who want to use stolen army money to buy land that the railroad will cross.
- DirectorDamiano DamianiStarsGian Maria VolontèKlaus KinskiMartine BeswickA band of Mexican gunrunners employed by a revolutionary General accept an American mercenary into their gang, unaware of his true intentions.A Hotchkiss M1909 Benét–Mercié machine gun.
- DirectorRichard BrooksStarsBurt LancasterLee MarvinRobert RyanAn arrogant Texas millionaire hires four adventurers to rescue his kidnapped wife from a notorious Mexican bandit.Has a Browning M1917 and Lewis gun.
- DirectorPaolo CavaraStarsAnthony QuinnFranco NeroPamela TiffinIn 1836, an agent of the now independent Republic of Texas who can't hear or speak, and his hearing companion, infiltrate a rebel pocket who oppose to the integration of Texas to the United States. Can they save the Republic?
- DirectorEdoardo MulargiaStarsAnthony SteffenStelio CandelliGlauco OnoratoDjango is on the trail of some renegade outlaws who killed his wife. En route, he rescues a horse thief from an impromptu hanging. He discovers the man knows who committed the murder. The men team up and head west for revenge.A Maxim gun.
- DirectorCarlo LizzaniStarsLou CastelMark DamonPier Paolo PasoliniA preacher's adopted son comes upon a village that is under the thumb of a deranged ex-Confederate officer who, among other things, is stealing land from the locals with phony land grants.
- DirectorGianfranco ParoliniStarsGianni GarkoWilliam BergerSydney ChaplinA cabal of dignitaries hire Mexican and American gangsters to steal their bank's shipment of gold as part of an insurance scam, but master gunfighter Sartana interferes with their plans.
- StarsChuck ConnorsJohnny CrawfordPaul FixThe adventures of a Wild West rancher, wielding a customized rapid-fire Winchester rifle, and his son.Episode: The Assailants (1962).
- DirectorEdward ZwickStarsTom CruiseKen WatanabeBilly ConnollyNathan Algren, a US army veteran, is hired by the Japanese emperor to train his army in the modern warfare techniques. Nathan finds himself trapped in a struggle between two eras and two worlds.
- DirectorSergio LeoneStarsRod SteigerJames CoburnRomolo ValliA low-life bandit and an I.R.A. explosives expert rebel against the government and become heroes of the Mexican Revolution.Has James Coburn using a MG-32/42. It was used by the German Wehrmacht during WW2. The movie takes during the Mexican Revolution of 1910 - 1920.
Also look for a water-cooled 1912 Maxim Heavy Machinegun. - DirectorGiuseppe ColizziStarsTerence HillBud SpencerEli WallachA recently-escaped bandit forms an unlikely alliance with two bounty hunters and an acrobat to get revenge against the people who framed him.
- CreatorDavid DortortFred HamiltonStarsLorne GreeneMichael LandonDan BlockerThe Wild West adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their Nevada ranch while helping the surrounding community.Episode: Terror at 2:00 (1971).
- DirectorGuido ZurliStarsJorge MartínGia SandriJosé BódaloRay Thompson, young and destitute, reaches Desert Spring, carrying a case on top of his mule. A gang headed by Brady uses apparently legal means to prevent anyone from trading and exploits all the town's possibilities for itself. The only one who dares to protest is Sheila, the daughter of a tradesman who has been ruined by Brady. She therefore welcomes Ray, hoping to make him an ally. But the young man doesn't even known how to handle a gun. However, when Brady's men beat him up and humiliate him, Ray decides to stay.
- StarsTristram CoffinKelo HendersonHal HopperTrue stories of the Arizona rangers around 1900.Episode: Incident at Yuma (1957).
- DirectorMario SicilianoStarsAlberto Dell'AcquaHarry BairdBeatrice PellegrinoSartana and Trinity set out on a grudging relationship hell bent for gold and comic brawls.
- DirectorGiuseppe VariStarsDragomir Bojanic-GidraRobert HundarRosy ZichelA stranger and a bandit seek out a trio of playing cards that will lead them to hidden treasure.
- DirectorMario CaianoStarsAnthony SteffenMark DamonDominique Boschero2 buddy adventurers witness a train-robbery and are then hunting the robbed gold and they also robbed Helen.
- DirectorLeopoldo SavonaStarsAnthony SteffenLuisa BarattoFernando SanchoThe ruthless and cruel Captain Ramirez hunts down and kills revolutionaries in his search for The Saint, the righteous leader of the Mexican insurrection against the Federales.
- DirectorFerdinando BaldiStarsTony AnthonyRingo StarrLloyd BattistaAfter fifty mail-order brides are kidnapped by bandits, the blind gunfighter hired to escort them heads into Mexico in pursuit.
- DirectorGene QuintanoStarsEmilio EstevezWilliam ForsytheJordi Mollà"Cowboy" has killed the son of a rancher who is now on his heels. He meets a Confederate soldier searching for a treasure. But others have picked up the scent of the gold as well, and soon the duo is pursued by Union and Mexican soldiers.
- CreatorChristopher CanaanLeslie GreifPaul HaggisStarsChuck NorrisClarence Gilyard Jr.Sheree J. WilsonCordell Walker and his partner, James Trivette, are Texas Rangers. They make it their business to battle crime in Dallas and all around the state of Texas.Episode: Flashback (1995).
- DirectorDick LowryStarsKenny RogersRick RossovichReba McEntireBrady Hawkes returns for another gambling adventure with the help of a madame named Burgundy Jones and a few famous TV western characters.
- DirectorDon SiegelStarsClint EastwoodShirley MacLaineManolo FábregasWhen a former Civil War soldier saves a nun from a gang of bandits, they team up to help the Mexicans in their war against the French.
- DirectorAntoine FuquaStarsDenzel WashingtonChris PrattEthan HawkeSeven gunmen from a variety of backgrounds are brought together by a vengeful young widow to protect her town from the private army of a destructive industrialist.