Gun Runner (1949)
SINGIN' JIMMY'S SLINGIN' LEAD...in trigger round-up of frontier smuggler gang!
Kate Diamond owns the Roaring Falls Trading Post from where she directs her gang's gun-smuggling to the Indians. After she short-changes smuggler Stacey, his men attempt to steal the hidden guns, and attack her foreman Nebraska, but he is saved by Jimmy and "Cannonball" on their way to file a homestead claim at Canyon City. Jimmy renews a long acquaintance with Sheriff Harris and his daughter Jessica. The sheriff is wounded by half-breed Danny when he finds a rifle hidden in the latter's wagon, but Jimmy captures the outlaw, a go-between for Kate and the Indians.Wounded and in bed, Sheriff Harris ask Jimmy not to tell Jessica that she is only adopted and that Nebraska is really her father, although he believes her to be dead.
- Date of release
- 1949-01-30
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 54m
- Genres
- Western
- Director
- Lambert Hillyer
Casting
- Jimmy Wakely — Jimmy Wakely
- Dub Taylor — Cannonball Taylor (as 'Cannonball' Taylor)
- Noel Neill — Jessica Harris
- Mae Clarke — Kate Diamond
- Kenne Duncan — Nebraska
- Marshall Reed — Henchman Riley
- Steve Clark — Sheriff Ted Harris
- Ted Adams — Danny Fox
- Bud Osborne — Deputy Burt
- Carol Henry — Henchman Stacey
- Bob Woodward — Wagon Driver Sam
- Shelby Atchinson — Fiddle Player (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Gun Runner is a 1949 American Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and written by J. Benton Cheney. The film stars Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Noel Neill, Mae Clarke, Kenne Duncan and Marshall Reed. The film was released on January 30, 1949, by Monogram Pictures.
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