Gun Smugglers

1948 film by Frank McDonald

Gun Smugglers

Directed by| Frank McDonald
Written by| Norman Houston
Produced by| Herman Schlom
Starring| Tim Holt
Richard Martin
Martha Hyer
Cinematography| J. Roy Hunt
Edited by| Les Millbrook
Music by| Paul Sawtell
Distributed by| RKO Radio Pictures

Release date

* December 28, 1948 (1948-12-28)

Running time

| 61 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Gun Smugglers is a 1948 American Western directed by Frank McDonald. The film is a Tim Holt B Western wherein Holt serves as a scout for the army in search of some smuggled gattling guns.

Tim Holt plays himself rather than a character.[1]

## Plot

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A ranger tracks down agents who steal weapons from the army and sell them to a foreign power.

## Cast

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* Tim Holt as Tim Holt
* Richard Martin as Chito Rafferty
* Martha Hyer as Judy Davis
* Gary Gray as Danny Reeves
* Paul Hurst as Sergeant L. McHugh 'Hasty' Jones
* Douglas Fowley as Steve Reeves
* Robert Warwick as Colonel Davis
* Don Haggerty as Sheriff Schurslock
* Frank Sully as Corporal Clancy
* Robert Bray as Henchman Dodge

## Production

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The film was originally called Gun Runners. Holt was meant to make Stagecoach Kid first but that was pushed back so he could make this.[2]

## References

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1. ^ Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p228
2. ^ "MOVIELAND BRIEFS". Los Angeles Times. July 21, 1948. p. 17.

## External links

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* Gun Smugglers at IMDb
* Gun Smugglers at the TCM Movie Database
* Gun Smugglers at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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Films directed by Frank McDonald

* Broadway Hostess (1935)
* The Big Noise (1936)
* Isle of Fury (1936)
* Smart Blonde (1937)
* Her Husband's Secretary (1937)
* Reckless Living (1938)
* Flirting with Fate (1938)
* They Asked for It (1939)
* In Old Missouri (1940)
* Flying Blind (1941)
* No Hands on the Clock (1941)
* Wildcat (1942)
* Wrecking Crew (1942)
* Submarine Alert (1943)
* O, My Darling Clementine (1943)
* Alaska Highway (1943)
* Take It Big (1944)
* Gambler's Choice (1944)
* Lights of Old Santa Fe (1944)
* One Body Too Many (1944)
* Timber Queen (1944)
* Scared Stiff (1945)
* Tell It to a Star (1945)
* The Man from Oklahoma (1945)
* Along the Navajo Trail (1945)
* Bells of Rosarita (1945)
* My Pal Trigger (1946)
* Song of Arizona (1946)
* Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1947)
* Linda, Be Good (1947)
* French Leave (1948)
* Gun Smugglers (1948)
* Mr. Reckless (1948)
* The Big Sombrero (1949)
* Ringside (1949)
* Call of the Klondike (1950)
* Snow Dog (1950)
* Sierra Passage (1950)
* Texans Never Cry (1951)
* Father Takes the Air (1951)
* Yukon Manhunt (1951)
* Yellow Fin (1951)
* Northwest Territory (1951)
* Sea Tiger (1952)
* Yukon Gold (1952)
* Son of Belle Starr (1953)
* Thunder Pass (1954)
* The Big Tip Off (1955)
* Treasure of Ruby Hills (1955)
* The Underwater City (1962)
* Gunfight at Comanche Creek (1963)
* Mara of the Wilderness (1965)

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