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The Best Episodes of Dead Man's Gun

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Dead Man's Gun was a western anthology series that ran on Showtime from 1997 to 1999. The series followed the travels of a gun as it passed to a new character in each episode. The

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    Dead Man's Gun Season 2 Episode 6 - Hangman
    8.9/10(13 votes)

    #1 - Hangman

    S2:E6

    Phineas Newman (Winkler) is a hangman by trade. Ostracized by the rest of society for his work, he takes pride in it, and strives to be the best executioner money can by. He explains to his assistant that he does his job because, as a child, he saw his uncle hung by unprofessionals, and believes that even a condemned man shouldn't suffer. He also becomes fascinated with a gun he picks up from his latest hanging client, the Dead Man's Gun, of course. When he arrives for his next job at another town, he learns that the town, including the mother of the raped and murdered girl, refuses to believe that their Reverend has committed the crime. He goes about his duties of preparation, not caring to hear anything about the crime, and refusing to give mercy to the pleading, condemned Reverend. That night, depressed after being refused service by the town's low-life whore, he tries to kill himself, and realizes that the Dead Man's Gun and he both have the power to choose when to take life

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  2. Dead Man's Gun Season 2 Episode 2 - Ties That Bind
    8.8/10(10 votes)

    #2 - Ties That Bind

    S2:E2

    Blood is thicker than water as two brothers wrestle with each other over what they should do when one of them falls under the spell of The Dead Man's Gun, after finding it on a body. Will his brother be able to save him, and himself, from the fate that awaits them?

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Dead Man's Gun Season 1 Episode 22 - Snake Finger
    8.6/10(11 votes)

    #3 - Snake Finger

    S1:E22

    Stuart ""Snake Finger"" Aikens (Matt Craven) is a professional safe-cracker by trade, who's had no use for a weapon until he finds the Dead Man's Gun. The Sheriff hot on his heals has no hope of catching this tricky thief, who is right under his nose, trying to get at the latest ""unbreakable"" safe through the bank owner's disinherited daughter and grandson. Using them, he gets access to the bank, but his trickery backfires when the boy locks himself in the air-tight safe. Only Snakefinger has the ability to break the child out before he suffocates, but will he blow his cover to help another person? If he does, will the Sheriff forgive him?

    Director:Unknown
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  4. Dead Man's Gun Season 2 Episode 5 - Sisters of Mercy
    8.6/10(12 votes)

    #4 - Sisters of Mercy

    S2:E5

    Kendall Cross (as Sister Elizabeth) and Susan Hogan (as Sister Katherine) are two criminals making their way west dressed as nuns, robbing bad men on their way to a gold town. When they reach their destination they realize that the town is under the thumb of an evil tyrant. Soon they devise a plan to break into his bank through the wall of his saloon, enlisting the help of the impoverished townfolk to force him to close the saloon on Sundays so they can perform this deed. But should they really steal the money and skip town, or help the poor people there? And can Sister Katherine come to terms with her questionable past? They can indeed, but only with the help of the Dead Man's Gun.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Dead Man's Gun Season 1 Episode 4 - The Imposter
    8.5/10(32 votes)

    #5 - The Imposter

    S1:E4

    When Leo Sunshine discovers the Dead Man's Gun and is mistaken for a man to be feared, he decides to play along and enjoy his new-found fame. But Wild Joe knows the truth about Leo and the powers of the Dead Man's Gun, and when he catches up to him, Leo realizes that he may have bit off a lot more than he can chew.

    Director:Sturla Gunnarsson
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Dead Man's Gun Season 2 Episode 13 - The Regulator
    8.5/10(10 votes)

    #6 - The Regulator

    S2:E13

    When a Regulator comes across the Dead Man's Gun, he believes he is set for life ... until other Regulators come after HIM!

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Dead Man's Gun Season 1 Episode 12 - Death Warrant
    8.3/10(18 votes)

    #7 - Death Warrant

    S1:E12

    There's nothing quite like a women scorned. Kate Jackson is out for vengeance in this exciting episode, and she just might get it with the help of her new gun ... The Dead Man's Gun!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Dead Man's Gun Season 2 Episode 9 - The Mimsers
    8.3/10(13 votes)

    #8 - The Mimsers

    S2:E9

    An English couple flee to America after being caught stealing from their employers, and soon find a new victim in a scatterbrained old Colonel, who enjoys shooting at squirrels with the Dead Man's Gun. They worry that their employer may not have enough money to make the difficult task of caring for him worth-while until they spot him one night, planting money in his garden. They soon become convinced that the locations of all of his hidden treasure chests are hidden in his hidden book, but to get it from his bedside table they have to get the key from around his neck. The butler urges his wife, who the Colonel has become quite fond of, to give him what he wants so that they can get the key, but it isn't as easy as it would seem. In the end, the tables are turned around again and again, and they all get the fate they deserve at the hands of the Dead Man's Gun.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. Dead Man's Gun Season 2 Episode 16 - Four of a Kind
    8.3/10(12 votes)

    #9 - Four of a Kind

    S2:E16

    Years after the town hooligan and three of his men murder a young woman's husband simply for beating them at poker, she returns with the Dead Man's Gun, seeking revenge. She leaves an Ace at each dead man's side, and soon a showdown is set up with the hooligan and his son. After being injured she enlists the help of the town's shopkeeper, a victim of the town's gang's treachery for years, and his young daughter. The hooligan waits for her to show up to ambush her, but she cleverly kidnaps his son instead and forces him to come to her, at her old ranch, where her husband had been murdered so long ago. Here he finds his son in an unexpected predicament, and she forces him to face his deepest, darkest fears. Then she goes back to town to marry the shopkeeper and to be the littler girl's mother.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Dead Man's Gun Season 2 Episode 20 - Bad Boys
    8.2/10(9 votes)

    #10 - Bad Boys

    S2:E20

    Three young boys find the Dead Man's Gun and use it to become tough, and to get money by rolling the town drunk. But one of the boy's, whose mother needs money, considers using it to kill his drunken, abusive father, but he can't bring himself to do it. When the bankrobber returns for his gun, he agrees not to kill the boys in exchange for their help in robbing the town's bank. The abused boy learns that he shares some history with the robber, who ended up killing his own father as a boy, which set him on his evil path. The robbery goes awry when the bank manager recognizes one of the boys, and they have a choice to make: they decide to save the manager and foil the robber's getaway by setting him on fire, but it's too late for the boy's father, who is shot by the robber when he discovers the goings-on and screams for help. In the end, they realize that they don't want the gun any more, and that their small town isn't so bad after all. The grateful manager decides not to press c

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Dead Man's Gun Season 2 Episode 1 - The Judgement of Joe Dean Bonner
    8.1/10(11 votes)

    #11 - The Judgement of Joe Dean Bonner

    S2:E1

    Joe Dean Bonner (Brian Austin Green) is a professional killer who cares for nothing but himself. After his latest killing, he rides into a strange town populated by only one man, who he obtains the Dead Man's gun from. Soon, Bonner is on trial for his past deeds, with a jury of those he has butchered, and not even the Dead Man's gun can help him against the supernatural. After visits from his dead, disappointed father, a pastor, and the love of his life, who committed suicide after he impregnated then abandoned her, Bonner seems to repent, but is he sincere? The Dead Man's Gun knows! And so do I, he's not sincere at all, so he gets hung.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Dead Man's Gun Season 1 Episode 5 - Buryin' Sam
    8.0/10(16 votes)

    #12 - Buryin' Sam

    S1:E5

    Buryin' Sam (Larry Drake) and his partner (W. Pogue) are two dishonest morticians who steal from the dead. They soon begin to fight over their latest find, the Dead Man's Gun, and the hand of a beautiful widow. When he's found out by a widower, Sam kills him, and then, in a drunken stupor, his partner as well. But his partner swears he'll come back, and Sam starts to hear and see strange things. He can't sleep at night or enjoy sex. Sam thinks he needs only to see the body to realize it's all in his head ... or is it?

    Director:Bill Gereghty
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Dead Man's Gun Season 1 Episode 18 - The Resurrection of Joe Wheeler
    8.0/10(12 votes)

    #13 - The Resurrection of Joe Wheeler

    S1:E18

    Joe Wheeler is a dead man ... or is he? Either he's dead, or he's back and looking for revenge against his enemies. The lines tend to get skewed when you're dealing with the Dead Man's Gun!

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Dead Man's Gun Season 1 Episode 10 - Medicine Man
    7.8/10(11 votes)

    #14 - Medicine Man

    S1:E10

    When a woman doctor arrives she is faced with a serious dilemma. Will she be able to save the small town from a mysterious illness, a shady mayor, and the Dead Man's Gun?

    Director:Brad Turner
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Dead Man's Gun Season 2 Episode 15 - Sleepwalker
    7.8/10(7 votes)

    #15 - Sleepwalker

    S2:E15

    Gruesome, unmotivated killings soon begin to take place in a small town after a man finds the Dead Man's Gun, and soon he become convinced that he is performing the deeds himself while sleepwalking. His wife stays awake to watch him, but falls asleep early and another murder takes place. The man is incredibly guilty for what he's done, turns himself in, and is sentenced to die ... but is he the real culprit? No, he's not. His wife is!

    Director:Mark Sobel
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Dead Man's Gun Season 1 Episode 17 - The Photographer
    7.7/10(9 votes)

    #16 - The Photographer

    S1:E17

    A photographer, seeking fame and fortune, discovers that action follows the Dead Man's Gun and decides to follow it to reap the benefits. But after winning aclaim for capturing an amazing picture of the execution of 14-year old outlaw ""Little Boy Dawkins"", he goes further and crosses the line ... but it's a mistake getting directly involved with the Dead Man's Gun.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Dead Man's Gun Season 2 Episode 4 - Winner Takes All
    7.7/10(9 votes)

    #17 - Winner Takes All

    S2:E4

    An aging manager and his talented pugilist travel town to town, winning money by boxing. They arrive one day in a boxing tycoon's town and quickly make waste of his best boxer; demanding a chance to win back his money, and the Dead Man's Gun, the tycoon brings in a ringer and has his ruffians ambush the boxer one night, forcing him to break his hand on one of their skulls. Meanwhile, the manager has taken in a young boy who years to learn the art of boxing. Faced with the choice of forfeiting, or making his boxer fight with one hand, the manager elects to return to the ring for one lst fight, 14 years after retiring, against one of the best boxers. He is badly beaten for several rounds before taking his own advice from the boy: win with your heart! He uppercuts the boxer, punches out the tycoon, and leaves town with his money, but not the Dead Man's Gun! That's for sure!

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Dead Man's Gun Season 2 Episode 19 - The Vine
    7.7/10(13 votes)

    #18 - The Vine

    S2:E19

    An Italian immigrant, on his way to California with a grapevine from his family's winery in Italy, comes across a group of murdered people and takes the lone survivor, a Polish woman with nowhere to go, under his wing, and the Dead Man's Gun she has found. They soon run into the culprits, who let him go only after she offers to do whatever they want. He can't just leave her, though, and rescues her when the thieves go off hunting. The two soon fall in love after they reach the next town, and head for California together, but the gang catches up prompting a short gunfight. She saves the vine from the campfire for him, and, after getting a reward for killing the gang leader, they head to California to start a new life together, and a fantastic winery!

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Dead Man's Gun Season 2 Episode 12 - The Ripper
    7.6/10(10 votes)

    #19 - The Ripper

    S2:E12

    When a bizarre slashing murder takes place in a small western town, an English inspector soon turns up asking questions about the crime. It is soon divulged that he is hot on the trail of Jack the Ripper, and thinks the killer is in the town. Could the murderer be the town's doctor? Or the scarred, malevolent blacksmith? Or even the town's shady Sheriff or the brothel's madam, who the inspector finds himself getting close with? The murders continue until the Ripper is finally flushed out, and brought down by the Dead Man's Gun.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Dead Man's Gun Season 2 Episode 21 - The Phrenologist
    7.6/10(9 votes)

    #20 - The Phrenologist

    S2:E21

    C. Thomas Howell is a habberdasher and phrenologist; a city boy who leaps at whatever the latest big-city fad is. He hires a new assistant, who has just witnessed an outlaw being bucked off his horse into quicksand and could not save him, only the Dead Man's Gun, which he carried. The Phrenologist uses the boy to try to win the heart of a beautiful young lady, whose affections he is competing for with a local rancher. She is having great difficulty choosing between them. Meanwhile, the outlaws bank-robbing partners are hot on his (and the stolen money's) trail, and, after being placed under arrest, notice the Phrenologist carrying their old partner's gun. The boy overhears their discussion, and leads the Phrenologist to the swamp where the money must be, while the outlaws escape. They take the phrenologist and the rancher hostage, but are saved by the clever boy, who turns out to be Thomas Edison; the woman uses trickery to discover which man she should give her hand to.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Dead Man's Gun Season 1 Episode 2 - Fool's Gold
    7.5/10(18 votes)

    #21 - Fool's Gold

    S1:E2

    A con man finds the Dead Man's Gun and the claim to what he believes is a barren mine, which he sells to a half-wit (Matt Frewer), but soon regrets it when the the half-wit shows up in town with gold nuggets to deposit. He quickly convinces his prey that he needs help to properly run the mine, and agrees to be 50/50 partners so long as they agree that if one dies, the survivor inherits the rest, to protect them against claim-jumpers. Of course, he intends to kill the half-wit and inherit the entire mine back, with the help of his beautiful new girlfriend, and run it with the equipment he plans to purchase using money he has gotten from the local loan-shark. Or course, the town lawyer sees right through the con man's plan and threatens not to endorse the partnership agreement unless he is cut in for a share, but the con man simply kills him. But the tables are turned on the con man when the half-wit disappears with the money intended for the mining equipment, and the loan shark get

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Dead Man's Gun Season 1 Episode 3 - My Brother's Keeper
    7.4/10(17 votes)

    #22 - My Brother's Keeper

    S1:E3

    When two brothers find the Dead Man's Gun on a skeleton, one of them develops a fascination with it and soon is forced to kill the local shootist in a duel. After this, he takes up with a gold-digging harlot, who, along with her shifty friend, urge the young man to continue on his dangerous path, despite the warnings of his older brother to give up his new way of life, and the Dead Man's Gun, before it's too late. The older brother, Will, wants to leave town, but can't leave his brother, so he gets himself a job at the general store, where he falls in love with the owner's daughter. Outlaws come gunning for his younger brother one after another, and all meet the same fate, until he finally kills a gentleman who is interested in his girlfriend. The gentleman's brothers come to town for revenge, but, since his younger brother is wounded, Will protects him by taking his chances with the Dead Man's Gun.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Dead Man's Gun Season 1 Episode 16 - Stagecoach Marty
    7.4/10(13 votes)

    #23 - Stagecoach Marty

    S1:E16

    Marty (JoBeth Williams) is a woman stagecoach robber with a sordid past. When she comes across the Dead Man's Gun she considers using it for the evil purpose of revenge, but will she be able to sort out her past without ruining her future with a new man?

    Director:Helen Shaver
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Dead Man's Gun Season 2 Episode 14 - The Womanizer
    7.4/10(9 votes)

    #24 - The Womanizer

    S2:E14

    Patrick Duffy is a Womanizer. When the husband of one of his flings tracks him down, and dies after being thrown off his horse during the chase, the Womanizer loots his wallet, and picks up The Dead Man's Gun. Can he mend his ways, or will he fall prey to the gun's evil powers?

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Dead Man's Gun Season 1 Episode 9 - The Healer
    7.3/10(14 votes)

    #25 - The Healer

    S1:E9

    A faith healer arrives in town and begins bilking the people out of their money. But when he lays his hands on the Dead Man's Gun (having convinced a wife-beating, murdering scoundrel to turn his gun over and begin a new life ... little did he know the cad's REAL reason for giving up the gun!), he strangely begins healing people for real! He gets bolder and bolder, eventually killing one of the town's gentlemen in order to steal his wife, by convincing his faithful, God-fearing retarded assistant that the gentleman was evil; then he turns against his own friend and partner when he suggests they get out of town. This is a big mistake. His ex-partner figures out that the faith healer set up their retarded assistant for the man's murder, so he shows up during the faith healer's next sermon and proves that he was planning on running off with the town's church-building money, and that the retarded guy was tricked into commiting the murder. The town then REALLY turns on him when they re

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Best Episodes Summary

"Hangman" is the best rated episode of "Dead Man's Gun". It scored 8.9/10 based on 13 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/18/1998. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Ties That Bind".