<snip>
>--Second nomination is Peggy Cummins' character in
"Gun Crazy," the 1949
>version. My film reference calls her a "femme fatale,"
and I suppose she
>is, but to the extent the film becomes a sort of
"Bonnie & Clyde" picture,
>with a team of anti-heroes, her love of guns and what
they can do pushes
>the action forward. A very good film.
>
>Bill Hagen
Yes she is hard boiled much more than the John Dall
character. He is a
softy. Unfortunatly she moves into villain territory when she
guns down the
lady that annoyed her in the last heist before the end of the
film.
Shoudn't the anti-hero(ine) be on the side of some
angel?
Joseph
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