The Gun Runners
Hemingway-hot adventure !
1958 · 1h 23m · APPROVED
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Don Siegel
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Don Siegel Director
- Audie Murphy as Sam Martin
- Eddie Albert as Hanagan
- Patricia Owens as Lucy Martin
- Richard Jaeckel as Blond Henchman on Boat
- Paul Birch as Sy Phillips
- Jack Elam as Arnold
- Lee Strasberg as Rhett
- Everett Sloane as Harvey
- John Qualen as Pop
- John A. Alonzo as Soldier in Car (uncredited)
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