Under The Gun: DVD, 1951, Richard Conte, Audrey Totter, Sam Jaffe, Rare 50s Crime Noir, Quality Upgrade

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Appears in: Film Noir / Crime

MOVIE TITLE: UNDER THE GUN

YEAR OF RELEASE: 1951

RUNNING TIME: 80 MINUTES

FILM SHOT IN: BLACK & WHITE (you would receive the "fullscreen" version)

PICTURE QUALITY RATING: = 8 out of 10 (GOOD QUALITY. THESE RARE FILMS COME FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES~PLEASE DO NOT EXPECT MODERN DAY HIGH DEFINITION DIGITAL QUALITY.)

DIRECTED BY: TED TETZLAFF

STARRING: RICHARD CONTE, AUDREY TOTTER, SAM JAFFE, JOHN McINTIRE, ROYAL DANO, PHILLIP PINE  

BRIEF PLOT SUMMARY: New York gangster Bert Galvin (Richard Conte) is sent to a prison farm in Florida for killing one of his enemies in Miami. Once there, he learns that in the particular prison he is serving his sentence, "trustees" are made to guard other prisoners, and that should a trustee actually shoot an escaping prisoner, the trustee is given his freedom. Being smart, Galvin quickly decides he would rather be a trustee instead of another prisoner, and via bribery he quickly becomes a trustee. He hatches an escape plan and, using a bribe of $25,000 , he sends prisoner Samuel Gower (Sam Jaffe) who has a starving wife and child, into the woods. Gower doesn't quite make the woods, as Galvin shoots him in the back before he gets very far. Galvin gets his freedom and heads for the border but there is a determined sheriff, Bill Langley (John McIntire), who has heard of the deal through the prison grapevine...and he is on Galvin's tail.