Gun Crazy

Gun Crazy (also known as Deadly Is the Female) is a 1950 American crime film noir starring Peggy Cummins and John Dall in a story about the crime-spree of a gun-toting husband and wife. It was directed by Joseph H. Lewis, and produced by Frank and Maurice King.

Gun Crazy
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJoseph H. Lewis
Screenplay byDalton Trumbo
MacKinlay Kantor
Based on"Gun Crazy"
1940 story in The Saturday Evening Post
by MacKinlay Kantor
Produced byFrank King
Maurice King
StarringPeggy Cummins
John Dall
CinematographyRussell Harlan
Edited byHarry Gerstad
Music byVictor Young
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • January 20, 1950 (1950-01-20) (United States)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$400,000 (1949)

The screenplay by blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo (credited to Millard Kaufman because of the blacklist) and MacKinlay Kantor was based upon a short story by Kantor published in 1940 in The Saturday Evening Post. In 1998, Gun Crazy was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

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