Massacre (1956 film) explained

Massacre
Director:Louis King
Producer:Robert L. Lippert Jr.
Olallo Rubio Gandara
(co-producer)
Screenplay:D.D. Beauchamp
Based On:Fred Freiberger
William Tunberg
(from a story by)
Starring:Dane Clark
James Craig
Martha Roth
Music:Gonzalo Curiel
Cinematography:Gilbert Warrenton
Editing:Carl Pierson
Color Process:Anscocolor
Studio:Lippert Pictures
Distributor:20th Century Fox
Runtime:75 minutes
Country:United States
Mexico
Language:English

Massacre is a 1956 American-Mexican Western film directed by Louis King and starring Dane Clark, James Craig, and Martha Roth.[1]

It was known as Charge of the Rurales.[2]

Plot

A tribe of hostile Indian goes on the warpath slaughtering white men with guns sold to them by mercenary outlaws.

Cast

Production

The film was originally to have been an co-production between Robert Lippert and Guatemala with the film to be shot on location under the title Charge of the Rurales.[3] Serious troubles forced the production to Mexico.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. News: MASSACRE. 1961. Monthly Film Bulletin. 28. 36. .
  2. News: Louella parsons. Teenagers really love that tony. Aug 30, 1954. The Washington Post and Times-Herald. .
  3. Page 41 Lippert and Guatamla to Co-Produce Film Box Office Volume 66 1955
  4. News: HOLLYWOOD SCENE. T. M.. Feb 27, 1955. The New York Times. .
  5. News: Schallert, E.. Filming at peak south of border.. Oct 2, 1955. Los Angeles Times. .