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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.
Carbine Williams: Directed by Richard Thorpe. With James Stewart, Jean Hagen, Wendell Corey, Carl Benton Reid. David Marshall Williams is sent to a prison farm where he works in the tool shop and eventually develops the precursor of the famous M-1 Carbine automatic rifle used in World War II.
But more than just a portrayal of a convicted killer, Carbine Williams was the inspiring true story of Williams' efforts to invent the M1 rifle, a successor to the Winchester rifle and the weapon that revolutionized modern warfare.
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Oscar-winner James Stewart ("It's A Wonderful Life," "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," "Vertigo") stars in the title role as a jailed bootlegger who invents the famed rifle and gains his freedom....
Carbine Williams. Oscar-winner James Stewart stars in the title role as a jailed bootlegge r who invents the famed rifle and gains his freedom, co-starring Oscar-nominee Jean Hagen and James Arness. 704 IMDb 6.9 1 h 33 min 1952. X-Ray 13+.
David Marshall Williams is sent to a prison farm where he works in the tool shop and eventually develops the precursor of the famous M-1 Carbine automatic rifle used in World War II.
Leading the troubled life of a moonshiner, David Marshall Williams (James Stewart) winds up in jail after a raid on his operation results in the death of an investigating officer.
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David Marshall Williams is sent to a prison farm where he works in the tool shop and eventually develops the precursor of the famous M-1 Carbine automatic rifle used in World War II.
Carbine Williams. DRAMA. Oscar-winner James Stewart ("It's A Wonderful Life," "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," "Vertigo") stars in the title role as a jailed bootlegger who invents the famed rifle and gains his freedom.
