Gunman in the Streets
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Gunman in the Streets | |
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Jacques Companéez | |
Produced by | Victor Pahlen |
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Edited by | Steve Previn |
Music by | Joe Hajos |
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Release date | 1950 |
Running time | 86 min |
Country | France |
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Gunman in the Streets (Canadian title Gangster at Bay) is a French/US-produced 1950 black-and-white film noir directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Dane Clark and Simone Signoret. Unreleased for theatrical screening in the US, the film was titled Time Running Out for its US television syndication from 1963.
The low-budget
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 admirer, an American crime reporter (Duke), as well as a countrywide manhunt become obstacles Roback must get past in order to escape. While trying to raise money for him, Denise finds Roback a hiding place in the photographic studio of 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
- Michel André as Max Salva
External links
- Gunman in the Streets at IMDb
- Gunman in the Streets at AllMovie
- Le Traque at IMDb