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Title: Gun Crazy (1950)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Peggy Cummins | ... | Annie Laurie Starr | |
| John Dall | ... | Bart Tare | |
| Berry Kroeger | ... | Packett | |
| Morris Carnovsky | ... | Judge Willoughby | |
| Anabel Shaw | ... | Ruby Tare Flagler | |
| Harry Lewis | ... | Deputy Clyde Boston | |
| Nedrick Young | ... | Dave Allister | |
| Trevor Bardette | ... | Sheriff Boston | |
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Mickey Little | ... | Bart Tare (age 7) |
| Russ Tamblyn | ... | Bart Tare (age 14) (as Rusty Tamblyn) | |
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Paul Frison | ... | Clyde Boston (age 14) |
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David Bair | ... | Dave Allister (age 7) (as Dave Bair) |
| Stanley Prager | ... | Bluey-Bluey | |
| Virginia Farmer | ... | Miss Wynn | |
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Anne O'Neal | ... | Miss Augustine Sifert |
Since he was a child, Bart Tare has always loved guns. After leaving the army, his friends take him to a carnival, where he meets the perfect girl; Annie, a sharp-shooting sideshow performer who loves guns as much as he. The 2 run off and marry, but Annie isn't happy with their financial situation, so at her behest the couple begins a cross-country string of daring robberies. Never one to use guns for killing, Bart's dragged down into oblivion by the greedy and violent nature of the woman he loves. Written by Martin Lewison <lewison+@pitt.edu>
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Deprived of guns by well-meaning adults, fifteen-year-old Rusty Tamblyn (as Barton Tare) tries to steal one from a hardware store. Young Tamblyn explains, "Shooting's what I'm good at. It's what I want to do when I grow up," and explains his love for guns, "I feel good when I'm shooting them. I feel awful good, like I'm somebody." Charged with "Grand Larceny" and sent to reform school, the lad later emerges from the army as John Dall.
Still gunning for fun, Mr. Dall partners up with shapely carnival attraction Peggy Cummins (as Annie Laurie Starr), after besting her in a shooting contest. Obviously, the two are "Gun Crazy" soul-mates. Although Dall is basically a good man who suffers remorse from his only "kill" (a baby chicken), Ms. Cummins has already murdered a man. Wickedly evil, Cummins has no aversion to killing bystanders as the dynamic duo become notorious bank robbers.
Loosely based on the "Bonnie and Clyde" story, this makes Dall the protagonist hero and places the blame on his feminine companion. It's rooted in the biblical "Adam and evil" plot. But, while Cummins is given the short end of the original sin stick, she is marvelous in the role - just watch her eat a hamburger. Dall's characterization is also intoxicating. Under Joseph H. Lewis' superb direction, they form an essential link in the chain of crime duo films.
********* Gun Crazy (1/20/50) Joseph H. Lewis ~ John Dall, Peggy Cummins, Berry Kroeger, Russ Tamblyn