Gun Runner (1949)

Gun Runner

1949

Western

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Lambert Hillyer

Cast

Bud Osborne as Deputy Burt

Carol Henry as Henchman Stacey

Dub Taylor as Cannonball Taylor (as 'Cannonball' Taylor)

Jimmy Wakely as Jimmy Wakely

Kenne Duncan as Nebraska

Mae Clarke as Kate Diamond

Marshall Reed as Henchman Riley

Noel Neill as Jessica Harris