---
title: 'Carbine Williams (1952)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Thorpe'
released: '1952-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 92
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/carbine-williams-1952'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044480/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Carbine Williams (1952)

1952 · 92 min · Drama, History · United States


## Synopsis

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 gun while in a North Carolina prison. The carbine was used extensively by the U.S. military during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Richard Thorpe](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-thorpe)
- **Screenplay:** [Art Cohn](https://cinepixo.com/people/art-cohn)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Conrad Salinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/conrad-salinger)
- **Producer:** [Armand Deutsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/armand-deutsch)
- **Director of Photography:** [William C. Mellor](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-c-mellor)

## Cast

- [James Arness](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-arness)
- [Fay Roope](https://cinepixo.com/people/fay-roope)
- [Carl Benton Reid](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-benton-reid)
- [Leonard Strong](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-strong)
- [Rhys Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/rhys-williams)
- [Robert J. Wilke](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-j-wilke)
- [Ralph Dumke](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-dumke)
- [Wendell Corey](https://cinepixo.com/people/wendell-corey)
- [Wade Crosby](https://cinepixo.com/people/wade-crosby)
- [Henry Corden](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-corden)
- [Jonathan Hale](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-hale)
- [John Doucette](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-doucette)
- [Porter Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/porter-hall)
- [Jean Hagen](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-hagen)
- [Howard Petrie](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-petrie)

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