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Under the Gun (1951) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1951 · 83 mins · English
- Directed by
- Ted Tetzlaff
- Starring
- John McIntire, Royal Dano, Sam Jaffe, Audrey Totter, Richard Conte, Shepperd Strudwick
Set on a bleak prison farm, a convicted racketeer is handed a firearm and promised a pardon if he uses it. After he persuades a fellow inmate to escape, that escapee is killed, prompting the racketeer’s appointment as prison trustee and forcing him to navigate a fraught balance between survival, authority, and the lingering promise of freedom.
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