Gun Smugglers

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;
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

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