I was reading today’s column by Mark Steyn, and in it he’s talking about Dalton Trumbo. He credits Dalton as “the screenwriter of Spartacus, Exodus, and Roman Holiday,” but he leaves out what I think is probably his masterpiece, Gun Crazy.
I know that all of you have seen this film, which is the best of the ‘people on the run in an automobile’ movies. This movie is so much better than its more famous ancestor, Bonnie and Clyde, that it beggars comparison. But just in case you haven’t (as if that’s even possible; but if you haven’t, rent it from Netflix today), here’s a short preview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QiDBFqKgDA
You gotta love Peggy Cummings as the psychopathic Annie Laurie Starr, don’t you?