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Carbine Williams

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NR,1hr 30min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1952
Director:
Richard Thorpe
Starring:
James Stewart, Jean Hagen, Wendell Corey  ...more
Synopsis: The tougher postwar screen image of James Stewart is given a good workout in the fact-based Carbine Williams. In 1952, the world at large knew Marsh Williams as the developer of the US Army's M-1 carbine rifle. The film builds up to this event by detailing Williams' previous existence as a bootlegger and embittered prison inmate, sentenced to 30 years at hard labor for killing a revenue agent. After enduring the rigors of chain-gang life and solitary confinement, Williams (Stewart) gets his mind ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
On the surface, a film about the man who created the M-1 carbine rifle doesn't sound too promising, but Carbine Williams turns out to be a good little picture. Carbine's story has a lot of natural drama in it, dealing as it does with a poor rural man, murder, and a long prison sentence. But what makes the story stand out a bit is the character of Carbine, a man who is in his own way exceedingly honest, ... Full Review
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James Stewart
Marsh Williams
Jean Hagen
Maggie Williams
Wendell Corey
Capt. H.T. Peeples
Carl Benton Reid
Claude Williams
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