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Roaring Guns

  • 19441944
  • PassedPassed
  • 19m
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
120
YOUR RATING
Virginia Patton and Robert Shayne in Roaring Guns (1944)
  • Short
  • Western
Farmers take up arms against miners whose high water pressure mining operations are destroying their farms with mud and water runoff.Farmers take up arms against miners whose high water pressure mining operations are destroying their farms with mud and water runoff.Farmers take up arms against miners whose high water pressure mining operations are destroying their farms with mud and water runoff.
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
120
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Jean Negulesco
  • Writers
    • Ed Earl Repp(screenplay)
    • Clements Ripley(original story)
    • Robert Buckner(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Robert Shayne
    • Virginia Patton
    • Mark Stevens
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  • Director
    • Jean Negulesco
  • Writers
    • Ed Earl Repp(screenplay)
    • Clements Ripley(original story)
    • Robert Buckner(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Robert Shayne
    • Virginia Patton
    • Mark Stevens
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    Robert Shayne
    Robert Shayne
    • Jared Whitneyas Jared Whitney
    Virginia Patton
    Virginia Patton
    • Karen Ferrisas Karen Ferris
    Mark Stevens
    Mark Stevens
    • Lance Ferrisas Lance Ferris
    • (as Stephen Richards)
    Charles Arnt
    Charles Arnt
    • Colonel Chris Ferrisas Colonel Chris Ferris
    Norman Willis
    Norman Willis
    • Michen - Mine Foremanas Michen - Mine Foreman
    Russell Simpson
    Russell Simpson
    • Farmer MacKenzieas Farmer MacKenzie
    Art Baker
    Art Baker
    • Narratoras Narrator
    • (voice)
    Buck Bucko
    • Farmeras Farmer
    • (uncredited)
    Ken Christy
    • Harrison McCooeyas Harrison McCooey
    • (uncredited)
    Edmund Cobb
    Edmund Cobb
    • Farmeras Farmer
    • (uncredited)
    Victor Cox
    • Mineras Miner
    • (uncredited)
    Wade Crosby
    Wade Crosby
    • Miner Brawling with Lanceas Miner Brawling with Lance
    • (uncredited)
    Curley Dresden
    • Mineras Miner
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Evans
    Jack Evans
    • Mineras Miner
    • (uncredited)
    Al Haskell
    Al Haskell
    • Farmeras Farmer
    • (uncredited)
    Ray Jones
    Ray Jones
    • Mineras Miner
    • (uncredited)
    Fred Kelsey
    Fred Kelsey
    • Federal Deputyas Federal Deputy
    • (uncredited)
    Kermit Maynard
    Kermit Maynard
    • Kingan Bartenderas Kingan Bartender
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Jean Negulesco
    • Writers
      • Ed Earl Repp(screenplay)
      • Clements Ripley(original story)
      • Robert Buckner(screenplay) (uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      Fourth episode in Warner Bros. Santa Fe Trail 2-reel Western series
    • Connections
      Edited into Six Gun Theater: Roaring Guns (2016)

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    Western with a Message
    Roaring Guns (1944)

    ** (out of 4)

    This two-reeler was part of Warner's "Santa Fe Trail" series and features Robert Shayne playing a cowboy who comes to the mountains to help a mining company with their ways of using high water pressure to cut through the mountains. What he doesn't realize is that this quick method is causing mud flows, which is killing the land of the farmers and they want revenge. ROARING GUNS isn't a very good movie but it does feature some political overtones that weren't necessarily common during these days. I think it's fair to say that the writer wanted to get a message across that destroying land wasn't in anyone's favor but the film is just so boring that it's really hard to care about anything going on. Director Jean Negulesco seems more worried about getting the film done on time and under budget that he never really seems to be worried about getting an interesting story across. The entire film is about as bland as you can get as there's not a bit of drama, suspense or any type of energy that's going to keep the viewer interested. The one bar fights comes off boring. The love story is boring. The villains are boring as are the heroes. There's not one bit of energy to be found in this thing, which is a real shame because there's a decent story here that something better could have been done with. Fans of Shayne will want to check this out but others should just stay clear and watch one of the hundreds of other Westerns out from this period.
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    • Release date
      • February 19, 1944 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Classics of the Screen (1950-1951 season) #4: Roaring Guns
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    • Runtime
      19 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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