The Gun (film)

The Gun is a 1974 American thriller drama television film.

The film stars David Huffman, Ron Thompson, Richard Bright, Pepe Serna, Lee de Broux, Stephen Elliott, Michael McGuire and John Sylvester White. It was written for television by Jay Benson, Richard Levinson, William Link and directed by John Badham. It aired as an Movie of the Week on November 13, 1974.

The Gun was inspiration for the song "Golden Ring", recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette in 1976. The song would reach number-one on the Billboard Country Singles chart later that year.

There have been episodes of television series similar to this film, such as a 1975 episode of Hawaii Five-O titled "Diary of a Gun." A 1982 episode of Quincy, M.E. titled "Guns Don't Die" has a very similar plot to The Gun, including the ending.