Back to browse
80% Critic Match
Gun Runner
“SINGIN' JIMMY'S SLINGIN' LEAD...in trigger round-up of frontier smuggler gang!”
8.0 / 10• 1949• 54m•NR• English
Western
Storyline
Kate Diamond owns the Roaring Falls Trading Post from where she directs her gang's gun-smuggling to the Indians. After she short-changes smuggler Stacey, his men attempt to steal the hidden guns, and attack her foreman Nebraska, but he is saved by Jimmy and "Cannonball" on their way to file a homestead claim at Canyon City. Jimmy renews a long acquaintance with Sheriff Harris and his daughter Jessica. The sheriff is wounded by half-breed Danny when he finds a rifle hidden in the latter's wagon, but Jimmy captures the outlaw, a go-between for Kate and the Indians.Wounded and in bed, Sheriff Harris ask Jimmy not to tell Jessica that she is only adopted and that Nebraska is really her father, although he believes her to be dead.
Cast & Crew
Jimmy Wakely
Jimmy Wakely
Lead
Dub Taylor
Cannonball Taylor (as 'Cannonball' Taylor)
Noel Neill
Jessica Harris
Mae Clarke
Kate Diamond
Kenne Duncan
Nebraska
Marshall Reed
Henchman Riley
Steve Clark
Sheriff Ted Harris
Ted Adams
Danny Fox
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Lambert Hillyer's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Gun Runner is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
