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The Gun Runners

The Gun Runners

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 1, 1958

Runtime

1h 23m

Genres

Action, Crime, Thriller, Drama

User Score

60%

Original Title

The Gun Runners

Production Companies

Seven Arts Productions, United Artists

Director

Don Siegel

Description

Remake of "To Have and Have Not" based on Hemingway short story. Plot reset to early days of Cuban revolution. A charter boat skipper gets entangled in gunrunning scheme to get money to pay off debts. Sort of a sea-going film noir with bad girl, smarmy villain, and the "innocent" drawn into wrong side of law by circumstances.