It's a stylish, exhilarating rush of startling camera work and amazing characterizations. Its audacious visual style makes Gun Crazy as fresh today as it was nearly fifty years ago. Bart and Annie Laurie Starr first meet at a carnival. He's fresh out of the Army, where he tired of the routine. Back in his hometown, he's taking in the carnival with his two old school chums, when they stop at a sideshow shooting exhibition.
Sparks fly from the pistols and smoke curls toward the ceiling.
She sees Bart in the first row, and her eyes eagerly size him up, head to toe, the way a sailor on leave might size up a woman at a bar. Bart watches from the edge of his chair, rapt and already in love as she performs her shooting tricks. Bart and Laurie meet during her shooting exhibition at a carnival. He jumps at the chance to join her on stage in a shooting match. They prowl around one another like two dogs sniffing out each other's goods.