Gun Crazy

Gun Crazy

87 mins | Drama, Crime, Action, Thriller, Romance | Jan. 20, 1950

Bart Tare is an ex-Army man who has a lifelong fixation with guns, he meets a kindred spirit in sharpshooter Annie Starr and goes to work at a carnival. After upsetting the carnival owner who lusts after Starr, they both get fired. Soon, on Starr's behest, they embark on a crime spree for cash.

Gun Crazy

87 mins | Drama, Crime, Action, Thriller, Romance | Jan. 20, 1950

Gun Crazy
Bart Tare is an ex-Army man who has a lifelong fixation with guns, he meets a kindred spirit in sharpshooter Annie Starr and goes to work at a carnival. After upsetting the carnival owner who lusts after Starr, they both get fired. Soon, on Starr's behest, they embark on a crime spree for cash.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers United Artists, King Brothers Productions
Original title Gun Crazy
Directors Jack Herzberg, Frank Heath, Joseph H. Lewis
Writers Millard Kaufman, MacKinlay Kantor, Dalton Trumbo

Cast

Peggy Cummins

as Annie Laurie Starr

John Dall

as Bart Tare

Berry Kroeger

as Packett

Morris Carnovsky

as Judge Willoughby

Anabel Shaw

as Ruby Tare

Harry Lewis

as Sheriff Clyde Boston

Nedrick Young

as Dave Allister

Trevor Bardette

as Sheriff Boston

Russ Tamblyn

as Bart Tare (age 14)

Anne O'Neal

as Miss Augustine Sifert

Virginia Farmer

as Miss Wynn

Stanley Prager

as Bluey-Bluey

Harry Hayden

as Mr. Mallenberg

Mickey Little

as Bart Tare (age 7)

Paul Frison

as Clyde Boston (age 14)

David Bair

as Dave Allister (age 7)

Frances Irvin

as Danceland Singer

Robert Osterloh

as Hampton Policeman

Shimen Ruskin

as Can Driver

Alex Ball

as Dance Hall Patron (uncredited)

Tony Barr

as Proprietor / Diner Cook (uncredited)

Don Beddoe

as Chicago Man (uncredited)

Joseph Crehan

as Plant Foreman (uncredited)

Eddie Dunn

as State Policeman on Phone (uncredited)

Dick Elliott

as Man Fleeing Robbed Market (uncredited)

Ross Elliott

as Detective (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

as Cashier (uncredited)

Pat Gleason

as Carnival Barker (uncredited)

James Gonzalez

as Dance Hall Patron (uncredited)

Arthur Hecht

as Ira Flagler (uncredited)

George Lynn

as Holdup Victim (uncredited)

Ernesto Molinari

as Dance Hall Patron (uncredited)

William J. O'Brien

as Customer at Sharpshooting Act (uncredited)

Monty O'Grady

as Dance Hall Patron (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

as Court Clerk (uncredited)

Ray Teal

as California Border Inspector (uncredited)

Dale Van Sickel

as Meat Plant Guard (uncredited)