Gunman in the Streets

Infobox Film
name = Gunman in the Streets


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caption = Cover of DVD release
director = Frank Tuttle (English version)
Borys Lewin (French version)
producer = Victor Pahlen
writer = Victor Pahlen (English version)
Jacques Companéez
André Tabet (French version)
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starring = Dane Clark
Simone Signoret
Fernand Gravey
Robert Duke
music = Joe Hajos
cinematography = Claude Renoir
Eugen Schüfftan
editing = Steve Previn
distributor = DisCina
International Film Distributors (Canada)
released = 1950
runtime = 86 min
country = France
language = English / French
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amg_id = 1:256935
imdb_id = 0042534

"Gunman in the Streets" is a 1950 black-and-white film shot in film noir style. The low-budget B-movie was shot on location in Paris, France. The film was directed by Frank Tuttle, who directed the film noir classic "This Gun for Hire". The film was released in France under the title "Le Traque" ("The Hunt") and later was released in England under "Gunman in the Streets" and in Canada as "Gangster at Bay". It was also titled "Time Running Out" for the US television syndication of the film beginning in 1963. The French/US produced film was never released in theaters in the US.

Plot

American army deserter turned criminal on the run, Eddy Roback, is being chased through the streets of Paris. The fugitive finds his old girlfriend, Denise Vernon (Signoret) and tries to get money from her in an attempt to get across the border to Belgium. The girlfriend's friend, an American crime reporter (Duke), as well as a country-wide man hunt become obsticales Roback must get past in order to escape. While trying to raise him money, Denise finds him a hiding place in the studio of a lecherous photographer Max Salva, who may have turned Roback in.

Cast

*Dane Clark as Eddy Roback
*Simone Signoret as Denise Vernon
*Fernand Gravey as Commissioner Dufresne (as Fernand Gravet)
*Robert Duke as Frank Clinton

External links

*imdb title|id=0042534|title=Gunman in the Streets
*imdb title|id=0254827|title=Le Traque