Gun Crazy
Joseph Lewis / US, 1949 / 87 min.
Going down the slippery slope of crime together, with a couple of smoking guns in your hand? Sounds like a good idea for Bart Tare and Annie Laurie Starr. This film noir predecessor of Bonnie and Clyde mixes crime with amour fou, American style.
He is crazy about guns, and so is she. He is a juvenile delinquent who has just been dismissed from the army, she embarked on a criminal career already a while ago. What brings them together is sex and revolvers, revolvers and sex.
Gun Crazy was a small independent production but gained a wider audience because it was released by United Artists. A technological feat is the heist in California that was shot in a single uninterrupted take. The film was a major influence on Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967), starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.
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Director
Joseph Lewis
Production year
1949
Country
US
Original title
Gun Crazy
Length
87 min.
Language
English
Format
DCP
Part of
Film Noir
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