Gun Crazy (1950)
First screened in January 2025
Director: Joseph H. Lewis. Cast: John Dall, Peggy Cummins, Berry Kroeger, Anabel Shaw, Harry Lewis, Nedrick Young, Russ Tamblyn, Paul Frison, David Bair, Morris Carnovsky, Trevor Bardette, Virginia Farmer, Stanley Prager, Anne O'Neal. Screenplay: MacKinlay Kantor, Millard Kaufman, and uncredited Dalton Trumbo.

   
Photo © 1950 United Artists /
King Brothers Productions
In Brief: Even when budget impinges, the astonishments never stop. The takes on psychology and desire. The formal daring. The end.

VOR: ⑤  I know this film hails from a wider tradition I barely sample of off-studio, low-budget fearlessness, but surely this is a peak even there.

Grade: A–

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