Gun Crazy (1950)
Directed by Joseph H. Lewis · Cinematography by Russell Harlan
Approved87 min62 frames
CrimeRomance
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What is Gun Crazy about?
Bart Tare is an ex-Army man who has a lifelong fixation with guns, he meets a kindred spirit in sharpshooter Annie Starr and goes to work at a carnival. After upsetting the carnival owner who lusts after Starr, they both get fired. Soon, on Starr's behest, they embark on a crime spree for cash.
Gun Crazy is a 1950 American crime film noir starring Peggy Cummins and John Dall in a story about the crime spree of a gun-toting husband and wife. It was directed by Joseph H. Lewis and produced by Frank and Maurice King. The screenplay by blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo and MacKinlay Kantor was based upon a short story written by Kantor that was published in 1940 in The Saturday Evening Post.
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What does the cinematography of Gun Crazy look like?
Across 62 sampled frames, Gun Crazy builds its coverage from medium shots (61% of the sample), with close-ups (21%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Russell Harlan keeps 32% of it in soft, naturalistic light. 48% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 69% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings. The production design places the film in the 1940s.
What is the color palette of Gun Crazy?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Gun Crazy (1950) are #020202, #898989, #fdfdfd, #c9c9c9, #484848, #2f2f2f — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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