Two disturbed young people release their fascination with guns through a crime spree.Two disturbed young people release their fascination with guns through a crime spree.Two disturbed young people release their fascination with guns through a crime spree.
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Russ Tamblyn
- Bart Tare (age 14)
- (as Rusty Tamblyn)
David Bair
- Dave Allister (child)
- (as Dave Bair)
Frances Irvin
- Danceland Singer
- (as Frances Irwin)
- Director
- Writers
- MacKinlay Kantor
- Millard Kaufman
- Dalton Trumbo(originally uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaThe bank heist sequence was done entirely in one take, with no one outside the principal actors and people inside the bank aware that a movie was being filmed. When John Dall as Bart Tare says, "I hope we find a parking space," he really meant it, as there was no guarantee that there would be one. In addition, at the end of the sequence someone in the background screams that there's been a bank robbery - this was actually a bystander who saw the filming and assumed the worst.
- GoofsWhen Bart grabs Annie arm to prevent her from shooting an employee of the bank as the alarm sounds, they run to their getaway car and the cameraman's reflection is visible for a moment as he rides past the window on a dolly.
- ConnectionsEdited into Crime Wave (1953)
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Crazy bout this underrated gem
Sharpshooters Ben Tare and Annie Laurie Starr, fall in love at a carnival sideshow, marry soon after and hope for a peaceful married life. When the money runs out Annie tells Ben that using the guns for nefarious purposes will the only way for them to survive. While placid Ben agrees to the proposal, trigger happy Annie soon gets them deeper and deeper in trouble with the law following robbery after robbery, stickup after stickup, until it becomes kill or be killed. Very daring and overlooked film, rises above the status of the B movie genre to which this film is delegated to. Cummins is perfect as the gun-crazed, as well the love-hungry Annie. Great cinematography by Russell Harlan, shooting all of the bank holdups from the back seat of the couple's car, making the audience feel a part of the getaway. Rating, 9 of 10
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- Oct 6, 2002
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- Also known as
- Deadly Is the Female
- Filming locations
- 2300 E Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, California, USA(Armour meatpacking plant)
- Production company
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- Budget
- $400,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $17,322
- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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