Carbine Williams
1952 film by Richard Thorpe / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carbine Williams is a 1952 American drama film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring James Stewart, Jean Hagen and Wendell Corey. The film follows the life of its namesake, David Marshall Williams, who invented the operating principle for the M1 Carbine while in a North Carolina prison. The M1 Carbine was used extensively by the U.S. military during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
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Carbine Williams | |
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Directed by | Richard Thorpe |
Written by | Art Cohn |
Based on | The Most Unforgettable Character I've Met 1951 Reader's Digest by Capt. H. T. Peoples |
Produced by | Armand Deutsch |
Starring | James Stewart Jean Hagen Wendell Corey |
Cinematography | William C. Mellor |
Edited by | Newell P. Kimlin |
Music by | Conrad Salinger |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1,111,000[1] |
Box office | $2,589,000[1] |
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Originally filmed in black-and-white, it is also shown in a computer-colorized version.[2]