Four Boys and a Gun (1957)

Director
William Berke

Main cast
Frank Sutton; Larry Green; James Franciscus; William Hinnant; Otto Hulett

Genres
Drama, Crime

Description
Four friends are involved in a robbery that resulted in the killing of a police officer.


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