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      • The Gun Runners is a 1958 American film noir crime film directed by Don Siegel, is the third adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's 1937 novel To Have and Have Not, and starring Audie Murphy. Everett Sloane essays the part of the alcoholic sidekick originally played by Walter Brennan in the film's first adaptation, although Sloane's interpretation is less overtly comic. Eddie Albert delivers a bravura performance as a charismatic villain; other cast members include Jack Elam and Richard Jaeckel. Gita Hall, "Miss Stockholm of 1953", made her Hollywood film debut as Albert's girlfriend Eva.
      The earlier remake, titled The Breaking Point (1950), was directed by Michael Curtiz and starred John Garfield.
      Don Siegel, writing about the film in his memoirs, reflected, "There’s an old adage: never make a sea picture with a C budget."


      Plot


      Sam Martin (Audie Murphy) runs a charter boat with his alcoholic first mate Harvey (Everett Sloane). He is forced by financial necessity to run guns for the Cuban Revolution but his employer seeks to maximise his profit.


      Cast


      Audie Murphy as Sam Martin
      Eddie Albert as Hanagan
      Patricia Owens as Lucy Martin
      Everett Sloane as Harvey
      Richard Jaeckel as Buzurki
      Paul Birch as Sy Philips
      Jack Elam as Arnold
      John Qualen as Pop
      Edward Colmans as Juan
      Stephen Peck as Pepito (as Steven Peck)
      Carlos Romero as Carlos Contreras (as Carl Rogers)
      Gita Hall as Eva
      Robert Phillips as Outlaw (uncredited)


      Production


      According to Don Siegel, star Audie Murphy had asked him to direct the film and United Artists agreed following the success of Baby Face Nelson. However Siegel was worried about the low budget.
      This was the first feature from the fledgling Seven Arts Productions. Director Don Siegel was unhappy with having to use Audie Murphy in the lead role. However Siegel wrote Murphy "was always polite and quiet with me, never any trouble."
      The film was shot in Newport Beach, California,


      Reception


      Ron. of Variety called it a "well-done adventure yarn with average b.o. prospects".


      See also


      List of American films of 1958


      Notes


      Siegel, Don (1993). A Siegel film : an autobiography. Faber and Faber.


      References




      External links


      The Gun Runners at IMDb
      The Gun Runners at the TCM Movie Database
      The Gun Runners at AllMovie

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