They Gave Him a Gun (1937)
1h 34m
Running Time
May 7, 1937Release Date
They Gave Him a Gun (1937)
1h 34m
Running Time
May 7, 1937Release Date
Plot.
With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Spencer Tracy
Fred P. Willis
Gladys George
Rose Duffy
Franchot Tone
James 'Jimmy' Davis
Edgar Dearing
Sgt. Meadowlark
Mary Treen
Saxe
W.S. Van Dyke
Director
Cliff Edwards
Laro
William J. Cowen
Writer
Charles Trowbridge
Judge
Cyril Hume
Writer
Ernie Alexander
Admiring Soldier (uncredited)
Hooper Atchley
Army Doctor (uncredited)
Richard Maibaum
Writer
Irving Bacon
Tall Soldier (uncredited)
Maurice Rapf
Writer
Richard Boleslawski
Writer
Ward Bond
MP (uncredited)
Eugene Borden
French Captain Pinning Medals (uncredited)
Ralph Byrd
Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
Thomas Carr
Aide (uncredited)
George Chandler
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Albert D'Arno
German Machine Gunner (uncredited)
Edgar Edwards
Cpl. Butler (uncredited)
Jerry Fletcher
Soldier (uncredited)
Gavin Gordon
Army Captain (uncredited)
Lew Kelly
Turnkey (uncredited)
Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky
Bit Part (uncredited)
Nita Krebs
Bit Part (uncredited)
Jimmie Lucas
Tubby (uncredited)
George Magrill
Soldier (uncredited)
Ralph Malone
Soldier (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
Soldier (uncredited)
Alphonse Martell
French Captain (uncredited)
Horace McMahon
Prison Inmate (uncredited)
Walter Miller
Army Captain (uncredited)
Frank Moran
Gangster in Court (uncredited)
Jack Murphy
Hick Boy (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Bailiff (uncredited)
Richard Parker
German Machine Gunner (uncredited)
William Pawley
Gangster in Court (uncredited)
Steve Pendleton
Soldier (uncredited)
Nita Pike
Zigzag - French Girl (uncredited)
John Quillan
Soldier (uncredited)
Joe Sawyer
Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
Soldier (uncredited)
Milburn Stone
Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Frank Sully
Comedy Soldier (uncredited)
Jack Tornek
German Machine Gunner (uncredited)
George Turner
German Machine Gunner (uncredited)
Harry Tyler
Shooting Gallery Attendant (uncredited)
Walter Voegler
German Machine Gunner (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
Wilhelm von Brincken
German Captain (uncredited)
Carl Voss
German Machine Gunner (uncredited)
Dick Wessel
German Machine Gunner (uncredited)
Ernest Whitman
Roustabout (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 7, 1937
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 34m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsCalifornia, United States of America
Genres
Wiki.
They Gave Him a Gun is a 1937 American crime drama film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring Spencer Tracy, Gladys George, and Franchot Tone. The picture bears a resemblance to later films noir in its dark theme regarding the struggles and failures of a man trying to take a criminal shortcut to the American dream. The screenplay was written by Cyril Hume, Richard Maibaum, and Maurice Rapf, based on the 1936 book of the same name by William J. Cowen. On March 20, 1937, director W.S. Van Dyke "announced Henry Mahan was cast in "They Gave Him A Gun", joining Sam Levene and Teddy Hart, the three swell comedians in the film version of Three Men on a Horse", but none of these actors appear in the final cut.