History Film / GunCrazy

* FakeAmerican: Actress [[Film/NightOfTheDemon Peggy Cummins]] was British. The circus barker announces Laurie as being from London, England, which was likely meant to cover in case Cummins couldn't hide her accent. To her credit, she managed to sound American all through the film.

''Gun Crazy'' is a 1950 FilmNoir directed by Joseph H. Lewis, starring John Dall and Creator/PeggyCummins.

''Gun Crazy'' is a 1950 FilmNoir directed by Joseph H. Lewis, starring John Dall and Peggy Cummins.

* HeelRealization: Bart, after finding out ther robbery ended in blood.

* OneLastJob: And it goes well! Except they later get tracked by bill numbers.

* FourthDateMarriage: After being fired from the carnival, Bart and Laurie have to marry at a roadside chapel before TheHaysCode will let them stop driving and spend the night together.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler:At the climax, Dave and Clyde makes another attempt at talking Bart into give himself up peacefully. Laurie, however, readies herself to gun them both down, and so to protect his old friends, Bart shoots her, but by doing so he spooks the surrounding police who shoots him down in turn.]]

* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Laurie.

It tells the story of an OutlawCouple of sharpshooters -- former soldier Bart (Dall) and circus performer Laurie (Cummins). They are both obsessed with guns, but in a different way: Bart likes owning and shooting them, but would never hurt anyone living, while Laurie dreams of actually killing somebody. When they find themselves unemployed, Bart wants to look for a decent job, but Laurie seduces him into a robbery spree. Soon it ends up with murder, and they find themselves hunted by much more force they could ever outrun.

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[[caption-width-right:200:We go together, Laurie. I don't know why. Maybe like guns and ammunition go together.]]

'''''Gun Crazy''''' is a 1950 FilmNoir directed by Joseph H. Lewis, starring John Dall and Peggy Cummins. It tells a story of an OutlawCouple of sharpshooters - a former soldier Bart and a circus performer Laurie. They are both obsessed with guns, but in a different way: Bart likes owning and shooting them, but would never hurt anyone living, while Laurie dreams of actually killing somebody. When they find themselves unemployed, Bart wants to look for a decent job, but Laurie seduces him into a robbery spree. Soon it ends up with murder, and they find themselves hunted by much more force they could ever outrun.

It had a loose remake in 1992 starring Creator/DrewBarrymore.

* TheOner: One particularly famous scene from the film has the camera placed on the back seat of Laurie and Bart's car, were it follows them as they are driving to their next heist, then executing the robbery, and then getting away from the scene of the crime. The whole scene ticks in at three-and-a-half minutes. The actors improvised for most of the scene.

* TheOner: One particularly famous scene from the film has the camera placed on the back seat of Laurie and Bart's car, were it follows them as they are driving to their next heist, then executing the robbery, and then getting away from the scene of the crime. The whole scene ticks in at three-and-a-half minutes.

* TheCorrupter: Laurie plays this to Bart's [[TheCorruptible Corruptible]]. Most notably, when Bart is considering leaving the outlaw life because he fears for his own slipping sense of morality, Laurie responds by essentially telling he should be happy to have a pretty wife like her, so therefore he should ignore his troubled conscience and only listen to her.

* AntiHero: Bart might be a criminal, but he is also a somewhat dimwitted fellow, who couldn't dream of actually harming anyone, and have serious moral qualms over the path Laurie has put him on.

* AntiHero: Bart might be a criminal, but he is a somewhat dimwitted fellow, who couldn't dream of actually harming anyone.

* SameClothesDifferentYear: Cylde and Dave remains recognizable as grown-ups, as they are still wearing NerdGlasses and a leather jacket in the style of the ones they wore as kids respectively.

* ThoseTwoGuys: Bart's childhood friends, Dave and Clyde.

* ThoseTwoGuys: Bart's friends, Dave and Clyde.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Bart after noticing he has to fight himself not to break his YouShallNotKill rule.

* YouShallNotKill: Bart has an aversion to use his sharpshooting skill for lethal means, but Laurie has no such qualms.

* AntiHero: Main Characters.

* LastSecondChance: Childhood friends come to him unarmed, asking him to surrender. He doesn't.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Bart.

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Averted. They actually use Bart's home, owned by his sister, as a last resort. They are surely not welcome there.

* FourthDateMarriage

* TriggerHappy: Laurie likes guns too much. It seems, for her shooting durind the robbery is pleasure rather than necessity.

* SympatheticCriminal

Gun Crazy is a 1950 FilmNoir directed by Joseph H. Lewis, starring John Dall and Peggy Cummins. It tells a story of an OutlawCouple of sharpshooters - a former soldier Bart and a circus performer Laurie. They are both obsessed with guns, but in a different way: Bart likes owning and shooting them, but would never hurt anyone living, while Laurie dreams of actually killing somebody. When they find themselves unemployed, Bart wants to look for a decent job, but Laurie seduces him into a robbery spree. Soon it ends up with murder, and they find themselves hunted by much more force they could ever outrun.

!!This film provides examples of:

* BankRobbery: Not bank exactly. Bart and Laurie start with gas stations and move up to trade companies.

Gun Crazy is a 1950 FilmNoir directed by Joseph H. Lewis, starring John Dall and Peggy Cummins. It tells a story of an OutlawCouple of sharpshooters - a former soldier Bart and a circus performer Laurie. They are both obsessed with guns, but in a different way: Bart likes owning and sooting them, but would never hurt anyone living, while Laurie dreams of actually killing somebody. When they find themselves unemployed, Bart wants to look for a decent job, but Laurie seduces him into a robbery spree. Soon it ends up with murder, and they find themselves hunted by much more force they could ever outrun.