Gun Crazy (1950)
Country: US
Technical: bw 87m
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Cast: John Dall, Peggy Cummins
Synopsis:
Two unstable personalities become attracted to one another and embark on a crime spree.
Review:
Superbly atypical Hollywood 'noir', one of those oddball rarities that seem to come from another planet, with Cummins mesmerising as the most dangerous femme fatale ever! Lewis brilliantly realised the picture on the budget available, at one point famously using an entire sequence shot from the back of the car of the protagonists as they drive around looking for a parking space before a robbery. The natural dialogue and generation of suspense from unlikely means are well ahead of their time.
Country: US
Technical: bw 87m
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Cast: John Dall, Peggy Cummins
Synopsis:
Two unstable personalities become attracted to one another and embark on a crime spree.
Review:
Superbly atypical Hollywood 'noir', one of those oddball rarities that seem to come from another planet, with Cummins mesmerising as the most dangerous femme fatale ever! Lewis brilliantly realised the picture on the budget available, at one point famously using an entire sequence shot from the back of the car of the protagonists as they drive around looking for a parking space before a robbery. The natural dialogue and generation of suspense from unlikely means are well ahead of their time.
Country: US
Technical: bw 87m
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Cast: John Dall, Peggy Cummins
Synopsis:
Two unstable personalities become attracted to one another and embark on a crime spree.
Review:
Superbly atypical Hollywood 'noir', one of those oddball rarities that seem to come from another planet, with Cummins mesmerising as the most dangerous femme fatale ever! Lewis brilliantly realised the picture on the budget available, at one point famously using an entire sequence shot from the back of the car of the protagonists as they drive around looking for a parking space before a robbery. The natural dialogue and generation of suspense from unlikely means are well ahead of their time.