Gun Runner (1949)
Kate Diamond owns the Roaring Falls Trading Post from where she directs her gang's gun-smuggling to the Indians. After she short-changes smuggler Stacey, his men attempt to steal the hidden guns, and attack her foreman Nebraska, but he is saved by Jimmy and "Cannonball" on their way to file a homestead claim at Canyon City. Jimmy renews a long acquaintance with Sheriff Harris and his daughter Jessica. The sheriff is wounded by half-breed Danny when he finds a rifle hidden in the latter's wagon, but Jimmy captures the outlaw, a go-between for Kate and the Indians.Wounded and in bed, Sheriff Harris ask Jimmy not to tell Jessica that she is only adopted and that Nebraska is really her father, although he believes her to be dead.
- Released
- 1949-01-30
- Genres
- Western
- Runtime
- 54 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- J. Benton Cheney, Lambert Hillyer
- TMDB rating
- 8.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Jimmy Wakely as Jimmy Wakely
- Dub Taylor as Cannonball Taylor (as 'Cannonball' Taylor)
- Noel Neill as Jessica Harris
- Mae Clarke as Kate Diamond
- Kenne Duncan as Nebraska
- Marshall Reed as Henchman Riley
- Steve Clark as Sheriff Ted Harris
- Ted Adams as Danny Fox
- Bud Osborne as Deputy Burt
- Carol Henry as Henchman Stacey
- Bob Woodward as Wagon Driver Sam
- Shelby Atchinson as Fiddle Player (uncredited)