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They Gave Him a Gun

They Gave Him a Gun1937

★6.794 minWarCrimeDrama

With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.

Director

Writer

Maurice Rapf Richard Maibaum Cyril Hume

Score

Sigmund Romberg

Stars

Spencer Tracy Gladys George Franchot Tone

Cast54

Spencer Tracy
as Fred P. Willis
Gladys George
as Rose Duffy
Franchot Tone
as James 'Jimmy' Davis
Edgar Dearing
as Sgt. Meadowlark
Mary Treen
as Saxe
Cliff Edwards
as Laro
Charles Trowbridge
as Judge
E
Ernie Alexander
as Admiring Soldier (uncredited)
Hooper Atchley
as Army Doctor (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
as Tall Soldier (uncredited)
Ward Bond
as MP (uncredited)
Eugene Borden
as French Captain Pinning Medals (uncredited)
Ralph Byrd
as Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
Thomas Carr
as Aide (uncredited)
George Chandler
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
A
Albert D'Arno
as German Machine Gunner (uncredited)
Edgar Edwards
as Cpl. Butler (uncredited)
J
Jerry Fletcher
as Soldier (uncredited)
Gavin Gordon
as Army Captain (uncredited)
Lew Kelly
as Turnkey (uncredited)
Karl 'Karchy' Kosiczky
as Bit Part (uncredited)
N
Nita Krebs
as Bit Part (uncredited)
J
Jimmie Lucas
as Tubby (uncredited)
George Magrill
as Soldier (uncredited)
Ralph Malone
as Soldier (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
as Soldier (uncredited)
Alphonse Martell
as French Captain (uncredited)
Horace McMahon
as Prison Inmate (uncredited)
Walter Miller
as Army Captain (uncredited)
Frank Moran
as Gangster in Court (uncredited)
Jack Murphy
as Hick Boy (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
as Bailiff (uncredited)
R
Richard Parker
as German Machine Gunner (uncredited)
William Pawley
as Gangster in Court (uncredited)
Steve Pendleton
as Soldier (uncredited)
N
Nita Pike
as Zigzag - French Girl (uncredited)
J
John Quillan
as Soldier (uncredited)
Joe Sawyer
as Doyle - Gangster (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
as Soldier (uncredited)
Milburn Stone
as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Frank Sully
as Comedy Soldier (uncredited)
Jack Tornek
as German Machine Gunner (uncredited)
G
George Turner
as German Machine Gunner (uncredited)
Harry Tyler
as Shooting Gallery Attendant (uncredited)
W
Walter Voegler
as German Machine Gunner (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
as Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
Wilhelm von Brincken
as German Captain (uncredited)
C
Carl Voss
as German Machine Gunner (uncredited)
Dick Wessel
as German Machine Gunner (uncredited)
Ernest Whitman
as Roustabout (uncredited)
Joan Woodbury
as Toto - French Girl (uncredited)
Duke York
as Sourpuss Soldier (uncredited)
Robert Graves
as French General (uncredited)
F
Frank Bruno
as Gangster in Court (uncredited)

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