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Classic Actresses With Guns: 50+ Stunning Scenes From Classic Movies

The use of guns in Hollywood’s classic movies started even before the sound era. However, they were not properly handled, and the frames were not perfectly captured. The viewer must believe that the scene exists outside the shot of the cinematic frame to maintain the picture’s realism. The majority of shots in classic movies focus on gestures and facial expressions. The lack of realism was the core problem of classic movies, which was improved after the 1950s. Below, we have compiled a list of scenes from classic movies in which the actresses are holding and using guns – revolvers, pistols, Shotgun, Rifle, and many more.

#4 Noel Neill in Abilene Trail (1951)

Noel Neill in Abilene Trail (1951)

#7 Angela Lansbury in in Please Murder Me! (1956)

Angela Lansbury in in Please Murder Me! (1956)

#8 Yvonne de Carlo with Howard Duff in Calamity Jane and Sam Bass

#11 Pola Negri in Woman from Moscow (1928)

Pola Negri in Woman from Moscow (1928)

#14 Valerie Hobson in Chinatown Squad (1935)

Valerie Hobson in Chinatown Squad (1935)

#17 Gail Russell in The Tattered Dress (1957)

Gail Russell in The Tattered Dress (1957)

#20 Virginia Grey with Lew Ayres and Rita Johnson in The Golden Fleecing’ (1940)

#21 Jean Simmons in Cage of Gold (1950)

Jean Simmons in Cage of Gold (1950)

#24 Joan Shawlee with Huntz Hall in Bowery to Bagdad (1955)

Joan Shawlee with Huntz Hall in Bowery to Bagdad (1955)

#27 Marsha Hunt in T-Men (1947)

Marsha Hunt in T-Men (1947)

#30 Beverly Garland with George Offerman Jr. in Gunslinger (1956)

#31 Marina Berti

Marina Berti

#34 Patricia Laffan in Devil Girl From Mars (David MacDonald, 1954)

Patricia Laffan in Devil Girl From Mars (David MacDonald, 1954)

#36 Maureen O’Hara and Gloria Grahame in A Woman’s Secret (1949)

#37 Silvana Mangano in The Witches (1967)

Silvana Mangano in The Witches (1967)

#41 Clara Bow in Ladies of the Mob (1928)

Clara Bow in Ladies of the Mob (1928)

#42 Clara Bow with Richard Arlen in Ladies of the Mob (1928)

#43 Barbara Stanwyck with an expired Rod La Rocque in The Locked Door (1929)

#44 Margit Carlqvist with Jarl Kulle in Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)

Margit Carlqvist with Jarl Kulle in Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)

#45 Margit Carlqvist in Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)

#47 Janet Leigh in The Spy in the Green Hat (1966)

Janet Leigh in The Spy in the Green Hat (1966)

#49 Dorothy Hart in I Was A Communist For The FBI (1951)

#51 Linda Cristal

Linda Cristal

#54 Marjorie Main Zasu Pitts and Aline MacMahon restrain Marjorie Main in a scene from the film Tish (1942)

Marjorie Main Zasu Pitts and Aline MacMahon restrain Marjorie Main in a scene from the film Tish (1942)

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