Guns & Moses
| Guns & Moses | |
|---|---|
 Release poster | |
| Directed by | Salvador Litvak |
| Written by | Nina Davidovich Litvak Salvador Litvak |
| Produced by | Lee Broda Aimee Schoof Isen Robbins Salvador Litvak |
| Starring | Mark Feuerstein Neal McDonough Alona Tal Dermot Mulroney Christopher Lloyd |
| Cinematography | Ricardo Jacques Gale |
| Edited by | Peter Marshall Smith |
| Music by | Aaron Gilhuis |
Production companies | LB Entertainment Intrinsic Value Films Pictures From The Fringe |
| Distributed by | Concourse Media |
Release dates |
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Running time | 94 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $77,433[2] |
Guns & Moses[3] (formerly titled Man in the Long Black Coat) is a 2025 American crime thriller film written by Nina Davidovich Litvak and Salvador Litvak, directed by Salvador Litvak and starring Mark Feuerstein, Neal McDonough, Dermot Mulroney and Christopher Lloyd. It premiered in the 2024 Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival and was released theatrically on July 18, 2025 by Pictures From The Fringe and Concourse Media.[4]
Premise
[edit]A beloved rabbi in a high desert town becomes an unlikely gunfighter after his community is violently attacked.[5]
Cast
[edit]- Mark Feuerstein as Rabbi Mo Zaltzman
- Neal McDonough as Mayor Donovan Kirk
- Dermot Mulroney as Alan Rosner
- Christopher Lloyd as Sol Fassbinder
- Alona Tal as Hindy Zaltzman
- Jake Busey as Owen Gibbons
- Craig Sheffer as Tibor Farkas
- Zach Villa as Detective Nestor
- Ed Quinn as Detective Wallace
- Gabrielle Ruiz as Brenda Navarro
- Mercedes Mason as Liat Rosner
- Jackson Dunn as Clay Gibbons
- Mila Brener as Esty Zaltzman
- JuJu Brener as Dini Zaltzman
- Joshua Gallup as Yossi Zaltzman
Production
[edit]In December 2022, it was announced that Feuerstein, McDonough, Mulroney and Lloyd were cast in the film and that filming began in Santa Clarita, California.[6] In January 2023, it was announced that Tal, Busey and Sheffer, as well as other actors, were cast in the film.[7]
Release
[edit]The film premiered at the Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival on June 19, 2024.[8] It was theatrically released in the United States on July 18, 2025.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Guns & Moses (15)". British Board of Film Classification. July 16, 2025. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
- ^ "Guns & Moses". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
- ^ Lobell, Kylie Ora (June 20, 2024). "'Guns and Moses': The Heroic Hasid". The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
- ^ Abramovitch, Seth (2025-06-20). "Jews Fight Back in Trailer for Neo-Western 'Guns & Moses' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2025-06-25.
- ^ Tenorio, Rich (March 16, 2025). "A Gunslinging Rabbi Takes on an Antisemitic Whodunit in This Thrilling Jewish Western". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
- ^ Reul, Katie (December 14, 2022). "Mark Feuerstein, Neal McDonough, Dermot Mulroney, Christopher Lloyd Starring in 'Man in the Long Black Coat' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
- ^ Complex, Valerie (January 11, 2023). "Jake Busey, Craig Sheffer And Alona Tal Board Salvador Litvak's Western Crime Thriller 'Man In The Long Black Coat'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
- ^ Or-El, Ayala (June 12, 2024). "How Filming 'Guns & Moses' Brought Two Sisters Closer to Judaism". The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
- ^ London, Rob (2025-05-14). "A Badass Rabbi Has an Appetite for Destruction in New Trailer for the Neo-Western Thriller 'Guns & Moses' [Exclusive]". Collider. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
