Gun Crazy (1950)

My Review

When a gun fanatic (John Dall) and a carnival show sharp shooter (Peggy Cummins) get together, they soon become an expert pair of bank robbers in “Gun Crazy.” B-movie director Joseph H. Lewis and screenwriters Dalton Trumbo and MacKinlay Kantor created a fast-moving crime film noir that is exciting from start to finish. There’s not a dull moment in the hour-and-a-half of this black-and-white classic, sort of a low-budget “Bonnie and Clyde” (1967).

Peggy Cummins and John Dall deliver good performances at the head of a cast that includes Berry Kroeger, Morris Karnovsky, Anabel Shaw, Harry Lewis, Nedrick Young, Trevor Bardette, and Russ Tamblyn. “Gun Crazy” had some financial success at the box office for King Brothers Productions and United Artists. This movie inspired the 1992 “Guncrazy” starring Drew Barrymore.