''Gun Smugglers'' is a 1948 American

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directed by Frank McDonald. The film is a

Tim Holt Charles John "Tim" Holt III (February 5, 1919 – February 15, 1973) was an American actor. He was a popular Western star during the 1940s and early 1950s, appearing in forty-six B westerns released by RKO Pictures. In a career spanning more ...

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.Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, ''The RKO Story.'' New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p228

Plot

A ranger tracks down agents who steal weapons from the army and sell them to a foreign power.

Cast

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 *

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as Steve Reeves *

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as Colonel Davis *

Don Haggerty Don Haggerty (July 3, 1914 – August 19, 1988) was an American actor of film and television. Early life and education Haggerty was born in Poughkeepsie, New York. Before he began appearing in films in 1947, Haggerty was a Brown University ...

as Sheriff Schurslock *

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as Corporal Clancy *

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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.

References

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* * * 1948 films 1948 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films 1940s English-language films American black-and-white films Films directed by Frank McDonald RKO Pictures films Films scored by Paul Sawtell 1940s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{1940s-US-Western-film-stub