PlatinumRead Just so...so bad

SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Matrixiole Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

Blake Rivera If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

rodrig58 An excellent action-love story-drama, with absolutely unknown actors. The only known name is Russ Tamblyn, who has a tiny role as a child, being the main male character when he was a teenager. Peggy Cummins and John Dall are impeccable. All the actors are very good, excellent direction, solid script. Filmed very dynamically for the time it was made. Very good!

adrian-43767 The infamous Bonnie and Clyde pair of the Depression years is updated in this film of 1950, but with the femme fatale as a supposedly British woman from London (actually, Peggy Cummins was born in Wales), possibly because no US female could be half as bad (the real Bonnie was, though) and no self-respecting US actress would soil her image by taking on such a depraved role.As it turns out, Cummins does indeed look crazy throughout the film, killing as a matter of course, and even thinking of kidnapping her own baby nephew. Her eyes reflect a demented state throughout.In contrast, John Dall plays the part of the wholesome American boy who just loves guns, and even cries when he shoots a baby chicken dead with his BB gun. He does not want to kill anybody but he loves to steal guns, and he falls in love at first sight of that crazy British woman, so he can't help but rob places, and then feel terrible about stealing just not to have to work for a living. Curiously, the one thing that works is that these two misfits really love each other, and cannot be apart, even when it would be wiser to split for a while and reunite somewhere else.Inconsistencies of character undermine what could potentially be a very good film noir, but photography, some wonderful car chases, and assured direction make GUN CRAZY well worth watching.

PimpinAinttEasy Dear Joseph.H.Lewis, you are a pretty good director. Gun Crazy begins with a boy getting caught after stealing a gun. The subsequent scene at the court house is riveting with multiple flashbacks as various characters vouch for the boy's basic good nature. This is narrated through flashbacks. A lot happens in the first 30 minutes itself including the boy coming out of jail as a grown up man (John Dall). But the shooting competition where he runs into the femme fatale (Peggy Cummins, who gets a terrific entry scene where she shoots into the screen) could have been shot and edited better. It was such a great idea where their mating dance happens during a shooting competition in which they are the competitors. The lack of interesting camera angles and discreet use of close ups makes the scene quite dull. What happened, Joseph? The hero's law abiding sister is used to show the contrast between the thrilling life of the protagonists and the mundane life of the housewife. Peggy Cummins is awesome as the materialistic femme fatale. The character's craziness really comes through in the final scenes of the film shot in a smoky swamp (probably a studio). The rather square looking John Dall might have been chosen as the male lead to emphasize Cummins' manipulative nature. The film had some great ideas. The story and the two main characters are fantastic. But I don't think you realized its true potential, Joseph. It certainly deserves a re-imagination with a better writer. I cannot believe it has not been remade. Best Regards, Pimpin. (7/10)

Dalbert Pringle In this "white-trash-meets-white-trash" picture, I found its most shocking (and, at the same time, most unintentionally hilarious) scene of all was when (as a 12-year-old, gun-crazy, delinquent) Bart Tare guns down (are you ready for this?) a cute, baby chick. I mean, you really have to see this scene (in all of its preposterous over-dramatization) to know what I'm talking about here. But, believe me, it's a hoot! One of Gun Crazy's biggest problems was that, every step of the way, the viewer could clearly see exactly where its story was going. So, that, in turn, rendered its climatic, final showdown as being nothing but a complete and total let-down.Another thing that didn't impress me much about Gun Crazy was its two light-weight, lead actors, Peggy Cummins and John Dall. Yeah. OK. The element of sleaziness was definitely there - But, on the whole, any genuine, gun-lusting chemistry between this trashy dynamic duo clearly missed the mark, in the long run.