Carbine Williams

Carbine Williams (1952)

David Marshall Williams is sent to a prison farm where he works in the tool shop and eventually develops the precursor of the famous M-1 Carbine automatic rifle used in World War II.

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1952-05-01
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (20)
상영 시간(분)
1시간 32분
장르
범죄, 드라마
감독
Richard Thorpe

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Carbine Williams is a 1952 American drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring James Stewart, Jean Hagen and Wendell Corey. The film follows the life of its namesake, David Marshall Williams, who invented the operating principle for the M1 carbine gun while in a North Carolina prison. The carbine was used extensively by the U.S. military during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

Production

The film is based on a story by Capt. H. T. Peoples titled "My Most Unforgettable Character" (misidentified in the film as "The Most Unforgettable Character I've Met") that was published in the March 1951 issue of Reader's Digest. MGM announced the film project in March 1951, with Marsh Williams hired as a technical adviser.

Production began in mid-December 1951 and wrapped by mid-January 1952.

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