The Gentle Gunman
The Gentle Gunman is a black-and-white 1952 Ealing Studios drama film, directed by Basil Dearden and starring John Mills and Dirk Bogarde.
Plot
John Mills and Dirk Bogarde, bizarrely, were the actors chosen to play two IRA men under cover in London during World War II. The lads are captured after (Terry) starts questioning the worth of war, a line of thinking never popular with armies. They are sprung from captivity by Connolly (Liam Redmond) and his IRA men. Nice cameo by Jack McGowran.
Cast
Critical reception
The British magazine Time Out thought the film was "stiff" and "overplotted", while the British Film Institute thought the film struggled to "find the right tone" and culminated with a "car-crash of an ending". The New York Times thought that the film had "failed to search beneath the surface" of the screen-play and described much of the content as "superficial".
Podcasts:
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by Cher
The Gunman
by: CherWhen I enter a room
I will only sit facing the door
It's love I'm looking for as I search every face
I start to wonder is this the place?
For love is a gunman and no mercy has he
He'll hunt you down until the day death sets you free
Love is a gunman and he's coming to town
You'll meet his glaze both barrels blaze staring you down
Love is the gunman and no mercy has he
This time his sights are set on me
You can run, you can hide
You can even saddle up and ride
But love won't be deny you can wear a disguise
But it isn't fooled by alibis
For love is a gunman and no mercy has he
He'll hunt you down until the day death sets you free
Love is a gunman and he's coming to town
You'll met his glaze both barrels blaze staring you down
Love is the gunman and no mercy has he
This time his sights are set on me
For love is a gunman, love is a gunman
Love is a gunman and no mercy has he