''Gunman in the Streets'' (Canadian title ''Gangster at Bay'') is a French/US-produced 1950 black-and-white

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directed by

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and starring

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and

Simone Signoret Simone Signoret (; born Simone Henriette Charlotte Kaminker; 25 March 1921 – 30 September 1985) was a French actress. She received various accolades, including an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, a César Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a ...

. Unreleased for theatrical screening in the US, the film was titled ''Time Running Out'' for its US

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from 1963. The low-budget

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was shot on location in

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. A French-language version of the film (directed by Borys Lewin) was released in France under the title ''Le Traque'' (''"The Hunt"'').

Plot

American army deserter turned criminal on the run Eddy Roback is being chased through the streets of Paris. The fugitive finds his old girlfriend, Denise Vernon (Signoret) and tries to get money from her in an attempt to get across the border to Belgium. The girlfriend's friend, an American crime reporter (Duke), as well as a country-wide manhunt become obstacles Roback must get past in order to escape. While trying to raise him money, Denise finds him a hiding place in the studio of a lecherous photographer Max Salva, who may have turned Roback in.

Cast

as Eddy Roback *

as Denise Vernon *

Fernand Gravey Fernand Gravey (25 December 1905 in Ixelles (Belgium) – 2 November 1970 in Paris, France),Death certificate # 8/445/1970 also known as Fernand Gravet in the United States, was the son of actors Georges Mertens and Fernande Depernay, who ap ...

as Commissioner Dufresne (as Fernand Gravet) *Robert Duke as Frank Clinton *Michel André as Max Salva

External links

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