Written by James M. Tate / 8/09/2020 / No comments / action , fifties , film noir or melodrama , heist , john dall , peggy cummins , road movie , russ tamblyn
PEGGY CUMMINS & JOHN DALL IN THE NOIR ROAD FLICK 'GUN CRAZY'
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Poster with John Dall and Peggy Cummins dead in love for GUN CRAZY Year: 1950 |
And it's not long after getting out... now a twenty-something John Dall... when he and his childhood buddies go to a sideshow where Peggy Cummins' Annie Laurie Starr steals his heart — but only after he beats her at a shooting contest i.e. her very own game. The next scene, Dall's Bart Tare has a job there too, and not long after he's fired by jealous barker Berry Kroeger, smitten with the girl who gets away...
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The other title for GUN CRAZY is DEADLY IS THE FEMALE Rating: ***1/2 |
And with sparse, finely-tuned direction by Joseph H. Lewis... visually and rhythmically foreshadowing French New Wave cinema with a kind of naked/barren aesthetic... this is Peggy Cummins picture; and she had no backstory at all. Then again, do deadly dames (aka DEADLY IS THE FEMALE) even have a past? Usually theirs' is a quick shoot-em-up future. If only she had a less reluctant/whiny partner-in-crime. Mr. Dall needed a little of that ROPE gusto here!
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A famous image that foreshadows French films like Breathless in GUN CRAZY |
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