This is probably the worst acted and worst scripted film I've ever seen rated this high. The dialogue is laughably bad and the acting is without exception execrable. Now, if people are saying this is so bad it's good, then I get it. If they're actually saying this has any subtlety or depth as a real drama, they're a bit cracked.

The infamous Bonnie and Clyde pair of the Depression years is updated in this film of 1950, but with the femme fatale as a supposedly British woman from London (actually, Peggy Cummins was born in Wales), possibly because no US female could be half as bad (the real Bonnie was, though) and no self-respecting US actress would soil her image by taking on such a depraved role.As it turns out, Cummins does indeed look crazy throughout the film, killing as a matter of course, and even thinking of kidnapping her own baby nephew. Her eyes reflect a demented state throughout.In contrast, John Dall plays the part of the wholesome American boy who just loves guns, and even cries when he shoots a baby chicken dead with his BB gun. He does not want to kill anybody but he loves to steal guns, and he falls in love at first sight of that crazy British woman, so he can't help but rob places, and then feel terrible about stealing just not to have to work for a living. Curiously, the one thing that works is that these two misfits really love each other, and cannot be apart, even when it would be wiser to split for a while and reunite somewhere else.Inconsistencies of character undermine what could potentially be a very good film noir, but photography, some wonderful car chases, and assured direction make GUN CRAZY well worth watching.

In Cashville, the boy Bart Tare steals a gun from a hardware store and during his trial, his sister Ruby (Anabel Shaw) and his best friends Dave and Clyde testimonies to Judge Willoughby (Morris Carnovsky) disclose that Bart has always loved guns. Further, he is a skilled shooter but incapable to shoot a living being. However he is sentenced to spend four years in a reform school and after that, he joins the army. Years later, he returns to his hometown and is welcomed by Ruby and her family, and his friends Deputy Clyde Boston (Harry Lewis) and Dave Allister (Nedrick Young). They go to a carnival to celebrate, where Bart meets the performer Annie Laurie Starr (Peggy Cummins) that is also a crack shot. Bart is hired by the owner of the carnival and soon the ambitious Annie convinces him to leave the carnival and try a better life. They get married and do not have lucky in gambling, losing all their money. Soon Annie convinces Bart to rob different towns in the beginning of their crime spree. Although Bart is unable to use his gun for killing, he does not know the violent past of his wife that murdered a man in St. Louis years ago. Until the day she kills again and they become wanted by the FBI. "Deadly Is the Female", a.k.a. "Gun Crazy", is a good film-noir with a story of a couple robbing several towns probably inspired by Bonnie and Clyde. But the acting and the great action scenes make this movie worthwhile watching. Peggy Cummins performs the femme fatale that ruins the life of a man that is not capable to shoot another human being. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "Mortalmente Perigosa" ("Deadly Dangerous")

Yep. He's crazy. She's crazy. Crazy. Crazy. Crazy... And, when it comes to the likes of firearms, they're both a couple of thrill crazy, kill crazy, gun crazies.Yep. Crazy. Crazy. Crazy.Released in 1949 - Gun Crazy (a.k.a. Deadly Is The Female) is the 'Bonnie and Clyde' story retooled for the disillusioned postwar generation. This flick is considered by many movie-connoisseurs to be the ultimate B-Movie Extraordinaire - Where shades of Film Noir abound like fireflies.Gun Crazy's fast-paced story is jet-propelled along by numerous stick-ups, a dominant femme fatale, an erotic love and obsession for guns, and a deadly sexual attraction between 2 trigger-happy sharp-shooters who quite willingly substitute violent gunplay for sex.This low-budget, stylistic film stars 2 unknown leads (Peggy Cummings and John Dall) as a pair of crazy, itchy-fingered criminals on a frantic cross-country run from the law.As socio-pathic as a duo could possibly get back in a 1940's film, characters Annie Starr and Bart Tare accidentally meet up one day and 'before-you-know-it' go on the ultimate date of a life-time. Their un-Cinderella like romance includes a crazy, high-energy robbery/shooting spree that, once the law catches up with them, inevitably leads to their sensationalistic deaths.Tsk. Tsk. Those crazy, crazy kids. And, it's all because - Happiness Is a Warm Gun. Yes, it is. Bang-Bang. Shoot-Shoot.