Gunman in the Streets
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Director Frank Tuttle Music director Joe Hajos Country France | 6.7/10 IMDb Genre Crime, Drama, Film-Noir Duration Language English
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Release date 1950 Writer Jacques Companeez, Maximilien Ilyin (additional dialogue), Henry Kane (additional dialogue), Victor Pahlen, Andre Tabet (dialogue), Jack Palmer White (additional dialogue) Initial release December 13, 1950 (France) Screenplay Jacques Companeez, Henry Kane, Andre Tabet, Victor Pahlen, Maximilien Ilyin, Jack Palmer White Cast Dane Clark (Eddy Roback), Simone Signoret (Denise Vernon), Fernand Gravey (Commissioner Dufresne (as Fernand Gravet)), Robert Duke (Frank Clinton), Michel André (Max Salva), Fernand Rauzéna (Un agent (as F. Rauzena))Similar movies Les Misérables , Charlotte Gray , Sexual Chronicles of a French Family , Is Paris Burning? , Desire , Joan of Arc | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gunman in the Streets (Canadian title Gangster at Bay) is a French/US-produced 1950 black-and-white film noir directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Dane Clark and Simone Signoret. Unreleased for theatrical screening in the US, the film was titled Time Running Out for its US television syndication from 1963.
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The low-budget B-movie was shot on location in Paris, France. A French-language version of the film (directed by Borys Lewin) was released in France under the title Le Traque ("The Hunt").
An American is on the run in the streets and back alleys of France.
Plot
American army deserter turned criminal on the run Eddy Roback is being chased through the streets of Paris. The fugitive finds his old girlfriend, Denise Vernon (Signoret) and tries to get money from her in an attempt to get across the border to Belgium. The girlfriends friend, an American crime reporter (Duke), as well as a country-wide man hunt become obstacles Roback must get past in order to escape. While trying to raise him money, Denise finds him a hiding place in the studio of a lecherous photographer Max Salva, who may have turned Roback in.
Similar Movies
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References
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