The High Powered Rifle
| The High Powered Rifle | |
|---|---|
20th Century-Fox | |
Release date |
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Running time | 62 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $50,000[1] |
The High Powered Rifle is a 1960 American
It was also known as Duel in the City.
Plot
A private eye is attacked by an assassin.
Cast
- Willard Parker as Stephen Dancer
- Allison Hayes as Sharon Hill
- Dan Simmons as Lt. Sam 'Mac' Donald
- John Holland as District Attorney
- Shirley O'Hara as Jean Brewster
- Terrea Lea as Terrea Lea
- Leonard P. Geer as Gus Alpert
- Clark Howat as George Merkle
- A.G. Vitanza as Little Charlie Roos
Production
In the mid 1950s
Associated Producers Incorporated
or API. Each of their features was shot in seven days in black and white with a budget of $100,000. Unlike other B Picture producers, Regal and API maintained motion picture union standards of salaries and schedules. With Fox's decreasing main feature production schedule, there was a fear that API would have to be disbanded as there were not enough main features to support (which eventually happened in the mid 1960s).
As an experiment,
Filmgroup
.
Dexter was skeptical, but made his directorial debut when he leapt to the challenge. He completed the film at $50,000 on actual locations, including the house of Gary Cooper's mother.[6][7][1]
Dexter said the film's title came from Lippert and Harry Spaulding had to write a script to suit it. It was Dexter's directorial debut.[7]
References
- ^ ISBN 9780786452682.
- ^ Eleanor Mannikka (2015). "The-High-Powered-Rifle - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 29, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
- ^ "The High Powered Rifle (1960) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
- ^ "The High Powered Rifle". Afi.com. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
- ProQuest 1305822321.
- ^ pp, 103*104 Weaver, Tom Maury Dexter Interview in I Talked with a Zombie: Interviews with 23 Veterans of Horror and Sci-fi Films and Television McFarland 18 Apr 2014
- ^ a b Dexter, Maury (2012). Highway to Hollywood (PDF). p. 110.
External links
- The High Powered Rifle at IMDb
- The High Powered Rifle at TCMDB
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