
Captain Phillips(2013)
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.


“Hemingway-hot adventure !”
Remake of "To Have and Have Not" based on Hemingway short story. Plot reset to early days of Cuban revolution. A charter boat skipper gets entangled in gunrunning scheme to get money to pay off debts. Sort of a sea-going film noir with bad girl, smarmy villain, and the "innocent" drawn into wrong side of law by circumstances.
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Audie Murphy
Sam Martin

Eddie Albert
Hanagan

Patricia Owens
Lucy Martin

Richard Jaeckel
Blond Henchman on Boat

Paul Birch
Sy Phillips

Jack Elam
Arnold

Lee Strasberg
Rhett

Everett Sloane
Harvey

John Qualen
Pop

John A. Alonzo
Soldier in Car (uncredited)
The Gun Runners is a action, crime, thriller, drama film released in 1958 exploring themes of fisherman, gun runner. Directed by Don Siegel, it stars Audie Murphy, Eddie Albert, Patricia Owens. Remake of "To Have and Have Not" based on Hemingway short story. Plot reset to early days of Cuban revolution. A charter boat skipper gets entangled in gunrunning scheme to get money to pay off debts. Sort of a sea-going film noir with bad girl, smarmy villain, and the "innocent" drawn into wrong side of law by circumstances.
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