Gun Crazy

Gun Crazy.  Peggy Cummins and John Dall star in this 1950 story of two star-crossed lovers who meet in a carnival shooting contest and immediately go together like guns and ammunition. They become bank robbers on the run who roar into movie history in a bench-mark film noir thriller. 87 minutes. CC. DVD Commentary.

From its start in a rain-swept street to its tragic ending Director Joseph H. Lewis made a unique film with groundbreaking scenes  like a bank robbery filmed from start to finish from the inside of the getaway car.  

John Dall is excellent but petite Irish actress Peggy Cummins gives a performance that would make her one of the great femme fatales in film history. 

This film is a must see. No one appreciates it  more than Eddie Muller of TCM's Noir Alley who actually devoted a whole book to it. Here is a link to his intro, but after viewing the film his outro as well as an appreciation of Peggy Cummins would also be worth watching.  ###

Peggy Cummins and John Dall