They Gave Him a Gun

The movie begins in World War I when a young man named Jimmy (Franchot Tone) unexpectedly becomes a hero by killing all the Germans in a machine gun nest. But he is then severely wounded and spends time in a hospital being cared for by a nurse, Rose (Gladys George), with whom he falls in love. But she is really in love with Jimmy’s buddy, Fred (Spencer Tracy), a carnival barker. However, when Fred doesn't return from the battlefield, the two think he’s been killed (when he was merely captured) and so they make wedding plans. Then when Fred returns he decides to support Jimmy and Rose marrying, even though it breaks his heart. After the war Fred meets up with Jimmy again and discovers that Jimmy is a racketeer who uses his battle skills to commit murder. So he tells Rose, who had no idea. She then reports her husband to the police so he will go to prison and be reformed. But Jimmy breaks out of prison and tries to take Rose on the lam with him. At this point Fred intervenes. Jimmy, feeling undeserving, commits suicide by police.

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  • TheTVDB.com Movie ID 87689
  • Status Released
  • Released Worldwide May 7, 1937
  • Content Rating United States of America NR
  • Runtime 94 minutes
  • Genres Crime Drama
  • Original Country United States of America
  • Original Language English
  • Studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Production Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Production Countries United States of America
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