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The Gun Runners (1958)

The Gun Runners (1958)

Action Drama Crime Thriller

Hemingway-hot adventure !

Release Date: 1958, August 1
Directors: Don Siegel
Countries: United States of America
Production: Seven Arts Productions, United Artists, United Artists
Cast: Carlos Romero, Roy Engel, Lee Strasberg, Jack Elam, John Qualen, Larry Thor, Steve Carruthers, Everett Sloane, Billy Wayne, Tom Greenway, Eddie Albert, Jack Daly

Overview:

Remake of "To Have and Have Not" based on Hemingway short story. Plot reset to early days of Cuban revolution. A charter boat skipper gets entangled in gunrunning scheme to get money to pay off debts. Sort of a sea-going film noir with bad girl, smarmy villain, and the "innocent" drawn into wrong side of law by circumstances.

Keywords:

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