The Gun Runners

1958
PG
1h 23m

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Audie Murphy and Patricia Owens in The Gun Runners (1958)

The Cuban misadventures of a Florida smuggler, at the time of the Cuban Revolution.The Cuban misadventures of a Florida smuggler, at the time of the Cuban Revolution.The Cuban misadventures of a Florida smuggler, at the time of the Cuban Revolution.

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Audie Murphy

Sam Martin

Eddie Albert

Hanagan

Patricia Owens

Lucy Martin

Everett Sloane

Harvey

Richard Jaeckel

Buzurki

Paul Birch

Sy Phillips

Jack Elam

Arnold

John Qualen

Edward Colmans

Juan

Stephen Peck

Pepito
(as Steven Peck)

Carlos Romero

Carlos Contreras
(as Carl Rogers)

Gita Hall

John A. Alonzo

Soldier Checking Car
(uncredited)

Salvador Baguez

Revolutionary
(uncredited)

Steve Carruthers

Gambler
(uncredited)

Jack Daly

Detective
(uncredited)

Walt Davis

Gambler
(uncredited)

Isabelle Dwan

Gambler
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Director Don Siegel was unhappy with Audie Murphy as the choice for the lead role.

Goofs
At 1 hour 19 min Hanagan falls, then kicked by Sam into the engine compartment. After Sam dispatches two thugs Hanagan is resting comfortable against the engine block. The engine should have been extremely hot, certainly hot enough to elicit some response from Hanagan.

Quotes
Harvey: A man can't turn bad if it ain't in him to be bad. And it ain't in you, Sam.

Connections
Remake of The Breaking Point (1950)

Soundtracks
Havana Holiday
Words and Music by Joe Lubin, and Curly Howard (as Jerome Howard)

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6/10

Barnacle Bill he ain't

WWII hero and busy actor stepped into Bogart and Garfield's shoes for a third version of a Hemingway story, "To Have and Have not." The film is bare-bones, budget-wise, but makes good use of its Florida locations to tell the story of gun runners and romance among the the coastal folk. Murphy isn't half-bad in the lead role of a charter boat captain caught up in a smuggling scheme, although I could not quite get used to Murphy in a boat captain's hat (I was so used to seeing him in Army helmets and cowboy hats). Eddie Albert plays a very convincing bad guy, and the film is loaded with familiar faces of the period, including Paul Birch, John Qualen, Jack Elam, Herb Vigran and Everett Sloane. Worth a look, mainly for Murphy/