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Deadly Is the Female
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Overview

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Director:
Joseph H. Lewis
Writers (WGA):
MacKinlay Kantor (screenplay) and
Dalton Trumbo (screenplay) (front Millard Kaufman) ...
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Release Date:
20 January 1950 (USA) more
Tagline:
SHE BELIEVES IN TWO THINGS...-love and violence! (original poster) more
Plot:
Since he was a child, Bart Tare has always loved guns. After leaving the army, his friends take him to a carnival... more | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
'Borderlands' Class Guide: The Hunter
 (From MTV Multiplayer. 15 September 2009, 10:00 AM, PDT)

Gun Crazy at 60: Pistol-Packing Anti-Heroine Peggy Cummins Looks Back
 (From Movieline. 13 August 2009, 8:30 AM, PDT)

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A CRAZY underrated film-noir more (40 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Gun Crazy (USA) (new title)
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Runtime:
86 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Iceland:L | Canada:14A (Ontario) | USA:Approved (certificate #14023) | West Germany:16 (nf) | UK:PG (2008) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:(Banned)
Filming Locations:
Montrose, California, USA

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Spoiler: When Bart is reading about the deaths at the meat packing plant, he says that the security guard's name was William Bechtel. It is unclear as to whether or not this can be taken as a nod to comedian William Bechtel. more
Goofs:
Continuity: A shot from inside a sedan that Annie is driving shows a nameplate logo on the dashboard that says "Kaiser", but the only cars they are seen driving are the stolen Cadillac, a Packard convertible, a Chevy convertible, what appears to be an old Ford or Mercury convertible and a Ford sedan. more
Quotes:
Bart: You were going to kill that man!
Annie Laurie Starr: Why not? He would have kill us, if given the chance.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Exhumed (2003) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Mad About You more

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A CRAZY underrated film-noir, 12 October 2008
10/10
Author: Alex P (miskatonic86) from Baltimore, Maryland

Ever notice how some of the greatest noir films of the 1950s are usually the most overlooked? The stuff with no-name actors, low-budgets, cheap scenery and camera work, but also the best story lines. That's exactly what Joseph H. Lewis' GUN CRAZY is about.

Bart is a juvenile delinquent with a fetish for anything having to do with fire arms. After a few years of reform school, some time with the army, Bart returns to his hometown to reconnect with his childhood buddies. They go to a carnival where Bart is entranced by Annie Laurie Starr (Peggy Cummings), an "old-west" gal who is a real dead eye shot. They fall in love and embark on a crime spree, a la Bonnie & Clyde.

GUN CRAZY is a story that will draw you into it. Unlike a lot of film-noir, with city scenery, and a murder mystery, this one takes place in the West, and the protagonists are the killers. Great mix of old West ideologies and Hollywood noir. Must see for any old Hollywood aficionados.

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