They Gave Him a Gun

They Gave Him a Gun

94 mins | Drama, Crime, War | May 7, 1937

With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.

They Gave Him a Gun

94 mins | Drama, Crime, War | May 7, 1937

They Gave Him a Gun
With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title They Gave Him a Gun
Directors W.S. Van Dyke
Writers Maurice Rapf, William J. Cowen, Cyril Hume, Richard Maibaum

Cast

Spencer Tracy

as Fred P. Willis

Gladys George

as Rose Duffy

Franchot Tone

as James 'Jimmy' Davis

Edgar Dearing

as Sgt. Meadowlark

Mary Treen

as Saxe

Cliff Edwards

as Laro

Ernie Alexander

as Admiring Soldier (uncredited)

Hooper Atchley

as Army Doctor (uncredited)

Irving Bacon

as Tall Soldier (uncredited)

Ward Bond

as MP (uncredited)

Eugene Borden

as French Captain Pinning Medals (uncredited)

Ralph Byrd

as Wounded Soldier (uncredited)

Thomas Carr

as Aide (uncredited)

George Chandler

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Albert D'Arno

as German Machine Gunner (uncredited)

Edgar Edwards

as Cpl. Butler (uncredited)

Jerry Fletcher

as Soldier (uncredited)

Gavin Gordon

as Army Captain (uncredited)

Lew Kelly

as Turnkey (uncredited)

Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Nita Krebs

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Jimmie Lucas

as Tubby (uncredited)

George Magrill

as Soldier (uncredited)

Ralph Malone

as Soldier (uncredited)

Frank Marlowe

as Soldier (uncredited)

Alphonse Martell

as French Captain (uncredited)

Horace McMahon

as Prison Inmate (uncredited)

Walter Miller

as Army Captain (uncredited)

Frank Moran

as Gangster in Court (uncredited)

Jack Murphy

as Hick Boy (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

as Bailiff (uncredited)

Richard Parker

as German Machine Gunner (uncredited)

William Pawley

as Gangster in Court (uncredited)

Steve Pendleton

as Soldier (uncredited)

Nita Pike

as Zigzag - French Girl (uncredited)

John Quillan

as Soldier (uncredited)

Joe Sawyer

as Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock

as Soldier (uncredited)

Milburn Stone

as Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Frank Sully

as Comedy Soldier (uncredited)

Jack Tornek

as German Machine Gunner (uncredited)

George Turner

as German Machine Gunner (uncredited)

Harry Tyler

as Shooting Gallery Attendant (uncredited)

Walter Voegler

as German Machine Gunner (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

as Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)

Wilhelm von Brincken

as German Captain (uncredited)

Carl Voss

as German Machine Gunner (uncredited)

Dick Wessel

as German Machine Gunner (uncredited)

Ernest Whitman

as Roustabout (uncredited)

Joan Woodbury

as Toto - French Girl (uncredited)

Duke York

as Sourpuss Soldier (uncredited)

Robert Graves

as French General (uncredited)

Frank Bruno

as Gangster in Court (uncredited)