Ring of Fear (film)
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Directed by | James Edward Grant William A. Wellman |
Written by | Paul Fix Philip MacDonald James Edward Grant Mickey Spillane |
Produced by | Robert Fellows D. Ross Lederman John Wayne |
Starring | Clyde Beatty Mickey Spillane Pat O'Brien |
Cinematography | Edwin B. DuPar |
Edited by | Fred MacDowell |
Music by | Arthur Lange Emil Newman |
Production company | Wayne-Fellows Productions |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1.8 million[1] |
Ring of Fear is a 1954 American
Warnercolor. It was designed partly to take advantage of the popular success of the Mike Hammer adaptations produced by Victor Saville for United Artists.[3]
Plot
With a deranged killer on the loose in his circus,
lion tamer
Beatty calls in mystery writer Spillane to solve the case.
Cast
- Clyde Beatty as Himself
- Mickey Spillane as Himself
- Pat O'Brien as Frank Wallace
- Sean McClory as Dublin O'Malley
- Marian Carr as Valerie St. Dennis
- John Bromfield as Armand St. Dennis
- Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez as Pedro Gonzales
- Emmett Lynn as Twitchy
- Jack Stang as Himself
- Kenneth Tobey as Shreveport
- Kathy Cline as Suzette St. Dennis
- Queenie Leonard as Tillie
- Larri Thomas as Strong Woman
- Karl Wallenda as Trapeze Performer
- Henry Rowland as Lunch Counter Proprietor
- Forrest Taylor as Psychiatrist
- Vince Barnett as Vendor
References
- ^ "1954 Box Office Champs". Variety Weekly. January 5, 1955. p. 59. - figures are rentals in the US and Canada
- ^ Collins & Traylor p.37
- ^ Collins & Traylor p.37
Bibliography
- Collins, Max Allan & Traylor, James L. Mickey Spillane on Screen: A Complete Study of the Television and Film Adaptations. McFarland, 2018.
External links
- Ring of Fear at IMDb
- Ring of Fear at the TCM Movie Database
- Ring of Fear at AllMovie