Dead Man's Gun

Dead Man's Gun is a western anthology series all tied together though a cursed gun. The production quality, the stories are interesting and the leads for each episode are usually TV stars. (If you do not know them by name you will know the face from there other work.) The series is mainly about regular types of people of the old west (not only lawmen, outlaws and gunslingers). The people that come into contact with the Dead Man's Gun then have a life changing experience with a moral lesson by the end. It is worth watching. The only problem I had was the lack of subtitles on the sets that I could find. Hopefully if this is released on blu-ray it that problem will be fixed.

A dark and depressing Western repertory series centred around what appears to be a beautiful S&W Russian (or Schofield) single action revolver, probably .44 Russian calibre. This in itself makes it worth watching at least once to see a Western featuring something other than the ubiquitous 1873 Colt Single Action Army revolver. "Dead Man's Gun" comes off as something bred from old 1950s Western morality series, Richard Boone's repertory series and a large chunk of "Twilight Zone" or "Outer Limits". Several episodes have a twist at the end with a sting in the tail. Strong stars such as John Ritter,John Glover and producer Henry Winkler turn in fine performances, but maybe the handgun is the real star. The cynical and often sardonic look at human nature may well be accurate but can get one down after a few episodes.

Dead Man's Gun is a good series, overall, with really a wide range of actors and plot lines. Like any series, it has some episodes which are better than others, but none are bad. None are even mediocre. I did not even know this was a series until 2024, and have watched the entire series. Surprising that it is from the 1990s, but I guess I was too little to watch it back then. The filming is great! Nice tight stories that come to a sometimes haunting conclusion in each episode. Wonderful background music. Set in roughly the 1890s, or so, the episodes still feel relevant to today.

Excellent storytelling, the way shows and movies should be done.

When I found this show, it was must see for me or I would set my VCR to tape it. I have stated in other postings that I am always ready to watch a western when I find one and especially a western that is outside the box. This is a western series that Rod Serling would have been proud of. It is also fun to see actors who do not usually do westerns and how they tackle a genre that they are not used to. As I said, I wish it would come back and I hope to see the reruns when I can find them. Henry Winkler, who starred in a couple of episodes, picked a very property to produce. Good job everyone.

I love westerns and will watch almost anything of the genre, so I, was surprised to see this series produced by Henry Winkler. My expectations were not very high as I have seen so many mediocre to bad westerns on streaming TV. (along with many good ones). I was pleasantly surprised and by the 3rd episode was hooked. I like that each story is it's own with different characters and plots along with many known actors making appearances throughout the series, with the only steady being the "dead mans gun". If your a fan of westerns I think you will love this, and if your not, give it a try, I believe you will not regret it.