Guns, Girls and Gangsters

1959 American crime drama directed by Edward L. Cahn

January 1959 (1959-01)

Running time

70 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Guns, Girls and Gangsters is a 1959 American film noir crime film directed by Edward L. Cahn starring Mamie Van Doren, Gerald Mohr, Lee Van Cleef, and Grant Richards.

Plot

Chuck Wheeler is released from prison and plans an elaborate heist of an armored truck carrying money from a Las Vegas casino. Chuck enlists the help of nightclub owner Joe Darren as well as Vi Victor, a sensational blonde married to Chuck's ex-cellmate Mike Bennett. Mike is a very jealous and dangerous man who will not grant Vi a divorce. He escapes from prison just before the armored truck robbery is to occur and causes havoc when he locates Chuck, Joe, and his unfaithful wife.

Cast

Mamie Van Doren as Vi Victor
Gerald Mohr as Chuck Wheeler
Lee Van Cleef as Mike Bennett
Grant Richards as Joe Darren
Elaine Edwards as Ann Thomas
John Baer as Steve Thomas
Paul Fix as Lou Largo

Production

Robert E. Kent produced the film for Edward Small.^[1] Filming commenced in April 1958.^[2]

References

^ Scheuer, Philip K. (Nov 21, 1957). "'Kristin' Seen as Challenge: Kaufman Phones Terry Moore; 'Diamonds' Polished for Laage". Los Angeles Times. p. C11.
^ Hopper, Hedda (Apr 26, 1958). "Chance of a Lifetime: Ricky to Be Gunman in 'Rio Bravo'". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 17.

Barry Lowe; Mamie Van Doren (2008). Atomic Blonde: The Films of Mamie Van Doren. McFarland. pp. 135–139. ISBN 978-0-7864-3138-0. (credits, film synopsis).

External links

Guns, Girls, and Gangsters at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Guns, Girls and Gangsters at IMDb
Guns, Girls and Gangsters at AllMovie
Guns, Girls and Gangsters at the TCM Movie Database

Films directed by Edward L. Cahn

1930s/1940s

The Homicide Squad (1931)
Law and Order (1932)
Radio Patrol (1932)
Afraid to Talk (1932)
Emergency Call (1933)
Laughter in Hell (1933)
Death Drives Through (1935)
Confidential (1935)
Bad Guy (1937)
Redhead (1941)
The Omaha Trail (1942, uncredited)
Main Street After Dark (1945)
Dangerous Partners (1945)
Born to Speed (1947)
The Gas House Kids "in Hollywood" (1947)
The Checkered Coat (1948)
I Cheated the Law (1949)
Prejudice (1949)

1950s

The Great Plane Robbery (1950)
Destination Murder (1950)
Experiment Alcatraz (1950)
Two-Dollar Bettor (1951)
Creature with the Atom Brain (1955)
Betrayed Women (1955)
Silent Fear (1956)
Girls in Prison (1956)
The She Creature (1956)
Shake, Rattle & Rock! (1956)
Runaway Daughters (1956)
Flesh and the Spur (1957)
Voodoo Woman (1957)
Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)
Dragstrip Girl (1957)
Motorcycle Gang (1957)
Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957)
Jet Attack (1958)
Suicide Battalion (1958)
Curse of the Faceless Man (1958)
It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
Hong Kong Confidential (1958)
The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)
Guns, Girls and Gangsters (1959)
Inside the Mafia (1959)
Invisible Invaders (1959)
Pier 5, Havana (1959)
Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959)
A Dog's Best Friend (1959)

1960s

Vice Raid (1960)
Cage of Evil (1960)
Gunfighters of Abilene (1960)
The Music Box Kid (1960)
Noose for a Gunman (1960)
Oklahoma Territory (1960)
Three Came to Kill (1960)
Twelve Hours to Kill (1960)
The Walking Target (1960)
Boy Who Caught a Crook (1961)
Frontier Uprising (1961)
Five Guns to Tombstone (1961)
Police Dog Story (1961)
Operation Bottleneck (1961)
Gun Fight (1961)
The Gambler Wore a Gun (1961)
When the Clock Strikes (1961)
You Have to Run Fast (1961)
Secret of Deep Harbor (1961)
Gun Street (1962)
The Clown and the Kid (1962)
Incident in an Alley (1962)
Beauty and the Beast (1962)

v t e Films produced by Edward Small
1910-20s	Who's Your Neighbor? (1917) The Sporting Lover (1926) The Cohens and Kellys (1926) The Gorilla (1927) McFadden's Flats (1927) Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath (1928) The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris (1928) My Man (1928) Companionate Marriage (1928) Song of Love (1929)
1930s	Clancy in Wall Street (1930) Igloo (1932) I Cover the Waterfront (1933) Palooka (1933) The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934) Let 'Em Have It (1935) Red Salute (1935) The Melody Lingers On (1935) The Last of the Mohicans (1936) The Bride Walks Out (1936) We Who Are About to Die (1937) Sea Devils (1937) New Faces of 1937 (1937) Super-Sleuth (1937) The Toast of New York (1937) The Duke of West Point (1938) King of the Turf (1939) The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
1940s	My Son, My Son! (1940) The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) South of Pago Pago (1940) Kit Carson (1940) International Lady (1941) The Corsican Brothers (1941) A Gentleman After Dark (1942) Twin Beds (1942) Miss Annie Rooney (1942) Friendly Enemies (1942) Up in Mabel's Room (1944) Abroad with Two Yanks (1944) Brewster's Millions (1945) Getting Gertie's Garter (1945) Temptation (1946) The Return of Monte Cristo (1946) T-Men (1947) The Black Arrow (1948) The Fuller Brush Man (1948) Raw Deal (1948) Walk a Crooked Mile (1948) Black Magic (1949)
1950s	Davy Crockett, Indian Scout (1950) The Iroquois Trail (1950) Valentino (1951) Lorna Doone (1951) The Texas Rangers (1951) Indian Uprising (1952) Scandal Sheet (1952) The Brigand (1952) Cripple Creek (1952) Kansas City Confidential (1952) The Bandits of Corsica (1953) Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953) Dragon's Gold (1953) Gun Belt (1953) The Neanderthal Man (1953) 99 River Street (1953) Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953) Sabre Jet (1953) The Steel Lady (1953) Wicked Woman (1953) Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954) Khyber Patrol (1954) The Lone Gun (1954) Overland Pacific (1954) Return to Treasure Island (1954) Southwest Passage (1954) Down Three Dark Streets (1954) New York Confidential (1955) The Naked Street (1955) Top Gun (1955) Comanche (1955) Gun Brothers (1956) UFO (1956) Chicago Confidential (1957) 5 Steps to Danger (1957) Gun Duel in Durango (1957) The Iron Sheriff (1957) Monkey on My Back (1957) Curse of the Faceless Man (1958) Hong Kong Confidential (1958) It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) Toughest Gun in Tombstone (1958) Witness for the Prosecution (1958) The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959) Guns, Girls and Gangsters (1959) Inside the Mafia (1959) Invisible Invaders (1959) Pier 5, Havana (1959) Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959) Solomon and Sheba (1959) Timbuktu (1959) (had name removed from credits) Vice Raid (1959)
1960s	Cage of Evil (1960) A Dog's Best Friend (1960) Gunfighters of Abilene (1960) The Music Box Kid (1960) Noose for a Gunman (1960) Oklahoma Territory (1960) Three Came to Kill (1960) The Walking Target (1960) Boy Who Caught a Crook (1961) The Cat Burglar (1961) Doctor Blood's Coffin (1961) Frontier Uprising (1961) Five Guns to Tombstone (1961) The Flight That Disappeared (1961) The Gambler Wore a Gun (1961) Gun Fight (1961) Mary Had a Little... (1961) Operation Bottleneck (1961) Police Dog Story (1961) Secret of Deep Harbor (1961) The Snake Woman (1961) Three on a Spree (1961) When the Clock Strikes (1961) You Have to Run Fast (1961) The Greengage Summer (1961) Beauty and the Beast (1962) The Clown and the Kid (1962) Deadly Duo (1962) Gun Street (1962) Incident in an Alley (1962) Jack the Giant Killer (1962) Saintly Sinners (1962) Tower of London (1962) Diary of a Madman (1963) Twice Told Tales (1963) I'll Take Sweden (1965) Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966) Frankie and Johnny (1966) The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz (1968) The File of the Golden Goose (1969) The Christine Jorgensen Story (1970)