Gun Smugglers

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

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

Cast

• 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

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

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

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