Gun Crazy

Gun Crazy (originally released as Deadly is the Female) is a 1949 film noir film that is considered the forerunner to the film Bonnie and Clyde. It stars Peggy Cummins, John Dall and Berry Kroeger. The B-movie was directed by Joseph H. Lewis.

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A wild young couple with a love of guns (she was a trick shooter in a Wild West show) and a knack for violence go on a crime spree.

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The movie was written by MacKinlay Kantor and, in the credits, Millard Kaufman, who is in fact Hollywood Ten member Dalton Trumbo. In an interview with Danny Peary (Cult Movies, New York: Delacorte Press, 1981), director Lewis revealed his instructions to actors John Dall (Bart) and Peggy Cummins (Laurie Starr):

1949: 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday....

Film noir: Film noir is a film style and mood primarily associated with crime films, that portrays its principal characters in a nihilistic and existential world. Film noir is primarily derived from the hard-boiled style of crime fiction of the Depression era, (many films noir were adaptations of such novels)...

Bonnie and Clyde: Bonnie and Clyde (Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow) were infamous bank robbers who traveled the central United States during the Great Depression, often with various members of the Barrow gang....

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