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gun-shy (about something/about doing something) (especially North American English) very careful or anxious about doing something, because of a previous bad experience Since last summer, Horace has been gun-shy about swimming in the lake.
Cold-blooded killers. When the New York journalist Jake Bridges catches his girlfriend with another guy, he goes to Atlantic City to drink himself to oblivion. He is saved from a bar brawl by a small-time mobster Frankie, and Jake falls in love with Frankie’s girlfriend Melissa. Jake soon also joins Frankie in his money-collecting duties.
The term gun-shy is an adjective and first came into use in the mid-1800s to describe hunting dogs that became distressed or retreated at the sound of gunfire. The term gun-shy is still used in this manner today, but has also taken on a larger, figurative meaning to describe someone or something that is skittish for other reasons.
Running time. 92 minutes. Country. United Kingdom. Box office. $2,480 [1] Gun Shy is a British action comedy film [2] directed by Simon West starring Antonio Banderas. It was released on 8 September 2017. [3] [4]
Rent Gunshy on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video. In Atlantic City, N.J., down-on-his-luck writer Jake Bridges (William Petersen) finds an unlikely savior in the form of Irish henchman Frankie ...
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Gunshy is 26599 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 25273 places since yesterday. In the United States, it is currently more popular than Spoiled Brats but less popular than Lady Chatterley's Lover. 26595.
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Gunshy ★★★ 1998 (R)Familiar crime genre has some fine performances and an intelligent script. Journalist Jake Bridges (Petersen) heads to Atlantic City after catching his wife cheating on him. His drunken ranting gets him trouble, but Jake is rescued by likeable smalltime mob guy Frankie (Wincott) and his hot girlfriend, Melissa (Lane).
