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Gunman in the Streets (1950)

Rating: 3 Stars (out of 4)

French Noir

By Jeffrey M. Anderson

Buy Gunman in the Streets on DVD

This great man-on-the-run film noir from director Frank Tuttle (This Gun for Hire) never saw either American movie screens or American TV screens until now, and this DVD from All Day Entertainment presents the complete uncut print with all the scenes of "violence" included. A prison escapee (Dane Clark) seeks out his old street contacts, including his sexy girlfriend (Simone Signoret), to help him raise some cash and get out of town. But he's been wounded, shot in the shoulder, and time is running out. It's a gripping little film, as nasty and pungent as the best of film noir.

Starring: Dane Clark, Simone Signoret, Fernand Gravey, Robert Duke, Michel André, Fernand Rauzéna, Pierre Gay, Edmond Ardisson, Albert Dinan
Written by: Jacques Companéez, Maximilien Ilyin, Henry Kane, Victor Pahlen, Jack Palmer White
Directed by: Frank Tuttle
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 88 minutes
Date: March 21, 2002