Under the Gun

Year: 1951

Runtime: 83 mins

Language: English

Director: Ted Tetzlaff

Crime

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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