Gun Smugglers Explained

Gun Smugglers
Director:	Frank McDonald
Producer:	Herman Schlom
Starring:	Tim Holt Richard Martin Martha Hyer
Music:	Paul Sawtell
Cinematography:	J. Roy Hunt
Editing:	Les Millbrook
Distributor:	RKO Radio Pictures
Runtime:	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]

Notes and References

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