The Gun Runners

The Gun Runners
The Gun Runners
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Don Siegel; (as Donald Siegel)
Screenplay by	Daniel Mainwaring; Paul Monash
Based on	To Have and Have Not (novel) by Ernest Hemingway
Produced by	Herbert E. Stewart; Clarence Greene
Starring	Audie Murphy
Cinematography	Hal Mohr
Edited by	Chester W. Shaeffer
Music by	Leith Stevens
Production; company	Seven Arts Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	September 1958 (United States);
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Gun Runners is a 1958 American film noir crime film directed by Don Siegel, is the third adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's 1937 novel To Have and Have Not, and starring Audie Murphy.^[1] Everett Sloane essays the part of the alcoholic sidekick originally played by Walter Brennan in the film's first adaptation, although Sloane's interpretation is less overtly comic. Eddie Albert delivers a bravura performance as a charismatic villain; other cast members include Jack Elam and Richard Jaeckel. Gita Hall, "Miss Stockholm of 1953", made her Hollywood film debut as Albert's girlfriend Eva.

The earlier remake, titled The Breaking Point (1950), was directed by Michael Curtiz and starred John Garfield.

Plot[]

Sam Martin (Audie Murphy) runs a charter boat with his alcoholic first mate Harvey (Everett Sloane). He is forced by financial necessity to run guns for the Cuban Revolution but his employer seeks to maximise his profit.

Cast[]

Audie Murphy as Sam Martin
Eddie Albert as Hanagan
Patricia Owens as Lucy Martin
Everett Sloane as Harvey
Richard Jaeckel as Buzurki
Paul Birch as Sy Philips
Jack Elam as Arnold
John Qualen as Pop
Edward Colmans as Juan
Stephen Peck as Pepito (as Steven Peck)
Carlos Romero as Carlos Contreras (as Carl Rogers)
Gita Hall as Eva
Robert Phillips as Outlaw (uncredited)^[2]

Production[]

This was the first feature from the fledgling Seven Arts Productions. Director Don Siegel was unhappy with having to use Audie Murphy in the lead role.^[3] The film was shot in Newport Beach, California,

References[]

^ The Gun Runners at Audie Murphy Memorial Site
^ Lentz, Harris (May 30, 2019). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2018. McFarland. pp. 299–300. ISBN 9781476636559 – via Google Books.
^ Glenn Erickson, 'The Gun Runners', Turner Classic Movies accessed 4 June 2012

External links[]

The Gun Runners at IMDb
The Gun Runners at the TCM Movie Database
The Gun Runners at AllMovie

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[1] The Gun Runners at Audie Murphy Memorial Site

[2] Lentz, Harris (May 30, 2019). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2018. McFarland. pp. 299–300. ISBN 9781476636559 – via Google Books.

[3] Glenn Erickson, 'The Gun Runners', Turner Classic Movies accessed 4 June 2012

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