Summary

GUNS DON'T ARGUE aka GANG BUSTERS

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Title: GUNS DON'T ARGUE aka GANG BUSTERS
File Number: DN-C-48 1 inch
Color: B W
Type: Sound Feature
Year: 1957
Subjects: Aerials
Description: B W 1957 Cast: Sydney Mason (II), Captain Frank Hamer, Bill Baldwin, Baynes Barron (Clyde Barrow), Jeanne Bates, Jeanne Carmen, Tamar Cooper (Bonnie Parker), Richard Crane (Van Meter), Jim Davis (I), Paul Dubov (Al Karpis), Sam Edwards (Fred Barker), Sam Flint, Regina Gleason, Jean Harvey (Ma Barker), Myron Healey (Dillinger), Percy Helton, Lash LaRue, Lyle Talbot (Doctor Plastic Surgeon) The actions of various criminals such as Ma Barker and her gang, John Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd and Bonnie and Clyde, reenacted in this film. One of the worst of the worst. (JL adds...Although purportedly taking place in the 1930s, no attempt at period flavor is made, or even hinted at actors, cars, hairstyles & clothes are strictly 1950s. CHEAP-O !!) 00:00:46:00 B W 1957 title: "1934" 00:00:54:00 B W 1957 horse-drawn carriage on country road, milkman runs to porch 00:01:14:00 B W 1957 woman behind screen brushes hair 00:01:18:00 B W 1957 woman picks up milk from porch 00:01:24:00 B W 1957 snow-covered house explodes 00:01:43:00 B W 1957 FBI agent in office introduces the film 00:02:08:00 B W 1957 int apartment, Adam Richetti and Pretty Boy Floyd (recreations): Richetti in chair, woman sits on his lap, Floyd on couch, woman brings him coffee, Richetti cleans fingernails with knife, knock on door, women leave, Richetti takes gun out of holster, Floyd opens door and man enters, all sit and plan, man shows them photos of site where train will deposit Nash 00:03:58:00 B W 1957 int kitchen: woman serves pancakes to two men, man talks about his first assignment, man puts on coat and leaves 00:04:44:00 B W 1957 ext garage, Kansas City Massacre (recreation): car pulls up, FBI agents out of car, meet local police, car pulls up alongside covered van, man talks to Floyd and Richetti inside van, Frank Nash escorted by agents from garage, Floyd and gang fire at police, police fire back, Floyd and gang kill all agents, police and accidentally kill Nash, van drives away (someone can be heard yelling "cut" -- excellent blooper) 00:06:38:00 B W 1957 int FBI office: chief addresses group of FBI agents, tells them that agents will be allowed to carry weapons, agents nod and shake hands, meeting ends, man asks chief for the Kansas City case 00:07:33:00 B W 1957 night club table, agent talks to Floyd's girlfriend 00:07:56:00 B W 1957 Bonnie and Clyde recreation: governor's offce, governor of Texas talks to Texas Ranger Captain Stewart 00:08:03:00 B W 1957 Clyde Barrow 00:08:07:00 B W 1957 Bonnie Parker, smokes a big cigar 00:08:13:00 B W 1957 man at desk discusses Bonnie and Clyde's crimes 00:08:36:00 B W 1957 int music store: Clyde gives elderly clerk $100 bill, man opens safe, Clyde hits him with a blackjack, Bonnie counts money, Clyde pulls down curtain, wraps it around his gun and shoots man on floor, they leave, lackey shakes his head in disbelief of the senselessness of the murder he's just witnessed 00:09:21:00 B W 1957 car drives down road, superimposed images of Bonnie, Clyde (with machine gun) and lackey 00:09:32:00 B W 1957 governor's office, woman assigns ranger to the Barrow-Parker case 00:11:01:00 B W 1957 newspaper headline: "Ray Hamilton Captured," Bonnie and Clyde read newspaper at table in restaurant 00:11:56:00 B W 1957 prison break: prison farm, prisoners fish guns out of bucket, car pulls up, Clyde fakes engine troubles, Clyde shoots guard with machine gun, shoots fence lock and kicks electrified fence open, guard with hands up, prisoners escape, Cylde shoots prisoners and guards, prisoners enter escape car, car drives past sign for "State Line" and pulls over, Clyde speaks to Hamilton sternly 00:14:11:00 B W 1957 farm: old farmer feeds chickens, car pulls up, Clyde calls man over, grabs him by his overalls, car drives away ranger talks to farmer 00:16:21:00 B W 1957 Bonnie and Cylde captured: car pulls over by crate, farmer exits car, ranger hiding in forest, farmer pretends to fix flat tire, takes off wheel, men with guns hiding behind trees, farmer removes wheel, car pulls up, Clyde grabs farmer, Bonnie kills policeman, ranger shoots Bonnie (cigar falls out of her mouth as she dies), farmer rolls under car, ranger kills Clyde, ranger talks with farmer 00:18:57:00 B W 1957 range training: row of men shooting at target, man with machine gun superimposed 00:19:15:00 B W 1957 road: POV from car of country road, car swerves off road and crashes, women wander down road, Floyd and Richetti hide in forest, POV from car of girl walking down road, girls flirt with driver and get in car, car radio announces that Floyd is in the vicinity 00:20:57:00 B W 1957 man makes telephone call 00:21:02:00 B W 1957 FBI agent runs down street, enters car 00:21:12:00 B W 1957 Floyd captured: Floyd and Richetti (plays solitaire) sitting in woods, agent captures Richetti, Richetti puts hands up and drops cards, Floyd runs away, agent runs after Floyd, agent and Floyd shoot at each other, Floyd hides behind tree, agent shoots Floyd, Floyd rolls down hill 00:23:33:00 B W 1957 Floyd and Richetti's girls walk out of police station 00:23:43:00 B W 1957 Ma Barker: man hands machine gun to old woman (Ma Barker), she shoots toward cam, Ma wakes son up and questions him, man asks "Do we have to go to Church?" 00:24:56:00 B W 1957 kitchen: Ma serves breakfast, son in bathrobe, man enters with newspaper, headline: "Young Bandit Kills Self to Avoid Arrest," man drinks liquor straight from bottle, husband and wife argue, Ma fries eggs, plans heist in kitchen with two sons, Ma knocks bottle out of son's hand, father drinks from bottle 00:29:06:00 B W 1957 Ma murders her husband: car down road, car pulls over, sons walk into woods with shovels and guns, Ma goads her husband into helping, boys make man lie down on ground to measure size of grave, man on ground whimpers pathetically, CU of Ma with superimposed machine gun firing 00:30:53:00 B W 1957 newspaper headlines: "Bank Robbed of $18,000," "Gunmen Take $30,000 in Daring Holdup!," "Bandits Machine-Gun Payroll Guards," superimposed rolling presses and machine gun 00:31:03:00 B W 1957 kitchen: Ma cooks, discusses kidnapping with sons 00:32:04:00 B W 1957 FBI agent with newspaper, headline reads "Millionaire Kidnapped, $200,000 Ransom Asked 00:32:32:00 B W 1957 kidnapping: two men kidnap man on city street in front of department store, grab him and force him into car, car down country street, man refuels car with can of gasoline and throws it to the side of the road, agents looking for can, find gasoline can at side of road 00:33:34:00 B W 1957 man looks through microscope, agents look at fingerprint 00:34:19:00 B W 1957 Ma with diagram showing bank robbery, explains robery to sons 00:34:58:00 B W 1957 Sioux Falls robbery: man with baby carriage, superimposed clock, man pushes carriage to entrance of bank, Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Va Meter hold up bank, man opens safe, three men (the Parker boys) stand in front of bank, policeman walks down street, man grabs machine gun from baby carriage and shoots him, man points machine gun at gathering crowd, man walks out of safe with bags of money, man takes two people hostage and tells them to get in his car, cars drive away 00:37:34:00 B W 1957 Ma Barker with boys divides shares of money 00:37:44:00 B W 1957 car, train, airplane, bus 00:37:55:00 B W 1957 int apartment, Ma Barker and son: man paces another apartment, another son with woman, man walks around room nervously, knock on door, landlady enters and tells him that the FBI are in town and he throws her out, woman with suitcases, man calls Ma, phone rings in Ma's apartment, Ma and son go to pack bags 00:39:38:00 B W 1957 escape: dark street, man dives into sewer as police cars pull up, man runs through sewer tunnel 00:40:03:00 B W 1957 hotel: Ma and son hastily pull suitcases from under bed, man on couch, Ma and son leave 00:40:28:00 B W 1957 police go door-to-door to question people and ask them to identify photograph 00:40:47:00 B W 1957 Barker captured: man on bed reading letter, FBI agents enter with guns drawn, agent searches Barker, other agent reads letter, Barker keeps hands up 00:41:51:00 B W 1957 doctor's office: gangster (Al Karpis) and woman enter doctor's office, insist on seeing doctor, doctor lets them in, doctor kisses woman's hand, Karpis sits on operating table, eavesdropping secretary at door looks frightened, makes phone call, doctor pours drink which Karpis takes, Karpis asks doctor to give him a new face through plastic surgery, doctor inspects face, Karpis asks doctor to cut off his fingerprints, Karpis grabs doctor by his lapels, doctor picks up phone, Karpis tells his girlfriend to act as nurse 00:46:55:00 B W 1957 (plastic) surgery: doctor and nurse, Karpis on operating table, doctor anesthetizes Karpis, Karpis gives nurse a gun, doctor begins to operate 00:48:45:00 B W 1957 map of Florida, superimposed FBI agents, alligators 00:49:01:00 B W 1957 woman looks at photograph and nods to FBI agents 00:49:09:00 B W 1957 Barkers killed: Ma and son in skeezy Florida cottage, Ma paces around anxiously, son polishing, agents with machine guns creep up to cottage, Ma looks through screen door, agent with gun passes by door, Ma hands son gun, son refuses to fight, Ma points gun at son, son breaks window with gun and shoots, agent runs, Ma breaks window and shoots, agents return fire, son gets shot, slumps over dead, Ma holds her dead son, Ma resumes shooting and is quickly shot back, gents approach house, agents enter house and find Ma and son dead 00:53:44:00 B W 1957 FBI agent at desk talks 00:54:04:00 B W 1957 doctor's office: Karpis in bizarre face bandages (looks like a smiley face mask) and hand bandages, girlfriend gives him drink and puts straw through bandages, radio with news broadcast about killing of Barkers, doctor enters and cuts off bandages, woman closes eyes in disgust and holds up mirror, Karpis looks the same but has ugly scars down both cheeks, smashes mirror, yells at doctor, doctor cuts off hand bandages, man stares at hands, CU scarred face, Karpis runs to machine gun but cannot fire it, holds gun awkwardly, doctor runs away 00:57:36:00 B W 1957 woman with suitcases, man shows her newspaper with headline: "Dillinger Captured" 00:57:45:00 B W 1957 jail break: woman enters prison, kisses Dillinger through bars, Dillinger carves wooden gun, shines shoe and greets prison guard, blackens gun with shoe polish, hides gun, guard enters with tray of food, Dillinger pulls fake gun on guard, takes other guard's gun through bars, locks guards in cell, throws wooden gun at them 01:00:39:00 B W 1957 pool hall: Dillinger and Van Meter play pool, lackey pulls visor over old man's eyes, Van Meter pulls out gun 01:01:55:00 B W 1957 arsenal raid: Dillinger and Van Meter steal guns and rifles from prison arsenal, Van Meter with sack of drums and ammunition, Dillinger throws away a bullet-proof vest, prison guard bound and gagged on floor 01:02:32:00 B W 1957 car speeds down street, machine guns fire from window, dead policeman on street 01:02:43:00 B W 1957 dividing the loot: Dillinger and Van Meter divide money, give lackey a pittance 01:03:30:00 B W 1957 folder, "John Dillinger," papers into file 01:03:39:00 B W 1957 painting of bank heist superimposed images of Dillinger with machine gun 01:03:48:00 B W 1957 shoot-out: Dillinger shoots through door, opens door, policeman falls down dead, man drops from fire escape, runs to car and speeds away 01:04:03:00 B W 1957 lodge: old, fat inkeep removes money from register, hands it to Dillinger, Dillinger gives it back, woman goes to phone, Van Meter and Baby Face Nelson enter, Dillinger hits old man, Dillinger with arm in sling, old man fixes drinks and complains, woman takes drink, old man cries, woman massages Dillinger as he smokes cigar, men drink at bar, old man covertly writes note, old man gives Nelson a pack of cigarettes, old man fixes drink for Van Meter and holds knife up to lemon, old man slips note into cigarette pack, Van Meter holds up newspaper, headline reads "FBI Names Dillinger Public Enemy Number One,", old man puts beer and cigarettes into paper bag, man walks out with bag 01:09:35:00 B W 1957 telephone montage: switchboard operators, telephone poles and wires, POV of telephone poles from front of car 01:09:51:00 B W 1957 FBI agents rush out of office, arm themselves 01:10:08:00 B W 1957 lodge: Van Meter angrily throws down newspaper, FBI agents outside in bushes, dogs barking (offscreen), agents run away, Dillinger and men go for guns, old man hides behind bar, agents start shooting, men pile into getaway car and speed away, agents shoot from bushes and kill man in street 01:11:49:00 B W 1957 Van Meter digs hole in ground, pulls jars of money of of hole, throws jars in car, Tony Molento pulls gun on him and drives away, Van Meter throws rock at car 01:12:44:00 B W 1957 body shop: car salesman with pipe polishes car, Van Meter tries to buy car, man tells him to come back later, salesman makes phone call 01:13:32:00 B W 1957 shoe shine: Molento lights cigar, talks to shoe shine man (terrible jive talk) and sits in chair, Van Meter kills Molento and walks away 01:14:26:00 B W 1957 body shop: car pulls up, FBI agents brief car salesman wearing a mechanic's apron, mechanic wipes sweat from face, agent hides gun, Van Meter enters and talks with mechanic, hood of car up, agents fire at Van Meter, Van Meter uses mechanic as human shield (hostage), Van Meter runs, agent shoots him in the back, Van Meter kills agent and gets shot down 01:17:13:00 B W 1957 AV of Chicago (Cleveland?) 01:17:18:00 B W 1957 CU feet on sidewalk, newspaper blows up, headline: "Homer Van Meter Killed" 01:17:52:00 B W 1957 int apartment: woman reads newspaper on couch, Dillinger forces way into apartment, pours drink 01:18:23:00 B W 1957 doctor puts surgical cap on 01:18:40:00 B W 1957 woman in FBI office, agent persuades her to help them find Dillinger 01:19:36:00 B W 1957 ext movie theater: line of people buying tickets at box office, Dillinger with mustache buys tickets, woman puts up sign: "Box Office Closed", FBI agent looks at watch, CU watch (two o'clock), agents wait for Dillinger outside movie theater, woman buys movie ticket, people exit movie theater, FBI agents looks at watch, CU watch (twenty after four), audience files out of theater, woman exits with Dillinger and reenters theater, agents pull guns on Dillinger, shootout begins, Dillinger shot, falls down dead 01:22:35:00 B W 1957 FBI agents in office 01:22:54:00 B W 1957 apartment: agent at door, rings doorbell, silhouette of woman in shower, woman in bathrobe lets agent in, they sit on couch, woman acts seductively, agent asks for Karpis and she says he's fishing 01:24:29:00 B W 1957 dock: Karpis and woman fish over railing, agents spot Karpis searching pockets for keys, Karpis notices agents and tries to open tackle box, Karpis backs away, one agent goes to woman while other chases Karpis down dock, agents chase Karpis by boats, Karpis throws block of wood at them, Karpis unties rowboat and gets in, agent jumps at boat, fist fight in boat, men fall into water, fight under water, agent makes Karpis drop knife, agent swims to boat and pulls Karpis in, agent rows to dock 01:28:13:00 B W 1957 FBI agents at desk 01:29:46:00 end
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