Gun for a Coward is a 1957 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Abner Biberman and starring Fred MacMurray, Jeffrey Hunter and Janice Rule.

They live with their widowed mother, Hannah, whose husband was bitten by a rattlesnake when Bless was a young boy.

Ever since that day, Hannah has been determined to shield Bless from the hard life of the West and turn him instead into a refined, gentler soul.

Bless refuses at the last minute, then feels guilty when the months go by and his unhappy mother becomes ill and passes away.

His primary concerns are rustlers and neighbor Audrey, whom he loves and intends to marry, although he has been slow to commit.