The Gun Runners (1958)

6.1/10 83 min Action Crime Thriller Drama

Overview

Remake of "To Have and Have Not" based on Hemingway short story. Plot reset to early days of Cuban revolution. A charter boat skipper gets entangled in gunrunning scheme to get money to pay off debts. Sort of a sea-going film noir with bad girl, smarmy villain, and the "innocent" drawn into wrong side of law by circumstances.

Cast

Audie Murphy

Sam Martin

Eddie Albert

Hanagan

Patricia Owens

Lucy Martin

Richard Jaeckel

Blond Henchman on Boat

Paul Birch

Sy Phillips

Jack Elam

Arnold

Lee Strasberg

Rhett

Everett Sloane

Harvey

John Qualen

Pop

John A. Alonzo

Soldier in Car (uncredited)

Steve Carruthers

Gambler (uncredited)

Edward Colmans

Juan

Carlos Romero

Carlos Contreras

Gita Hall

Eva

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