Gunman in the Streets (Canadian title Gangster at Bay) is a French/US-produced 1950 black-and-white film noir directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Dane Clark and Simone Signoret. Unreleased for theatrical screening in the US, the film was titled Time Running Out for its US television syndication from 1963.
The low-budget B-movie was shot on location in Paris, France. A French-language version of the film (directed by Borys Lewin) was released in France under the title The Hunted.
Plot
American army deserter turned criminal on the run, Eddy Roback, is being chased through the streets of Paris. The fugitive finds his old girlfriend, Denise Vernon (Signoret) and tries to get money from her in an attempt to get across the border to Belgium. The girlfriend's admirer, an American crime reporter (Duke), as well as a countrywide manhunt become obstacles Roback must get past in order to escape. While trying to raise money for him, Denise finds Roback a hiding place in the photographic studio of Max Salva, who may have turned Roback in.
Cast
Dane Clark as Eddy Roback
Simone Signoret as Denise Vernon
Fernand Gravey as Commissioner Dufresne (as Fernand Gravet) Robert Duke as Frank Clinton Michel André as Max Salva