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The Gun Runners is a american film of genre Drama directed by Don Siegel released in USA on 1 august 1958 with Audie Murphy
The Gun Runners (1958)
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Add to a movie listThe Gun Runners, a 1958 film directed by Don Siegel, is the third adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's novel To Have and Have Not, starring Audie Murphy and Patricia Owens. Everett Sloane essays the part of the alcoholic sidekick originally played by Walter Brennan in the film's first adaptation, although Sloane's interpretation is less overtly comic. Eddie Albert delivers a bravura performance as a charismatic villain; other cast members include Jack Elam and Richard Jaeckel. Gita Hall, "Miss Stockholm of 1953", made her film debut as Albert's girlfriend Eva.
The earlier remake, titled The Breaking Point (1950), was directed by Michael Curtiz and starred John Garfield.
Synopsis
Sam Martin (Audie Murphy) runs a charter boat with his alcoholic first mate Harvey (Everett Sloane). He is forced by financial necessity to run guns for some revolutionaries.Actors
Audie Murphy
(Sam Martin)
Eddie Albert
(Hanagan)
Patricia Owens
(Lucy Martin)
Everett Sloane
(Harvey)
Jack Elam
(Arnold)
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