No Man's Land (1964 film) explained

No Man's Land
Director:Pat Boyette
Russ Harvey
Producer:Russ Harvey
Starring:Russ Harvey
Country:United States
Language:English
Budget:$30,000[1]

No Man's Land is a 1964 American black-and-white[2] war drama film written and produced by Russ Harvey, who also plays the main role. The film is set during the Korean War. No Man’s Land was released under Harvey's name as director but the film appears to have actually been directed by Pat Boyette.

Plot

During the Korean War, a U.S. Army Corporal falls in love with a Korean girl.

Cast

Production

No Man's Land was filmed in and around San Antonio, Texas in 1962,[3] partly on the ranch of Major General Harry H. Johnson on the S. Flores Road.[4]

The film was directed and produced by Russ Harvey. Harvey played the main role in the film; he later starred (also in the lead role) in Dungeon of Horror, released in 1964.[5] These were his only contributions to the film industry. Both films were low budget productions shot in San Antonio.[6]

Various sources mention Pat Boyette as director or co-director[7] /producer of No Man's Land, even stating that he had "complete creative control"[8] over the film, which Frank T. Thompson confirms in Texas Hollywood: Filmmaking in San Antonio Since 1910.[9]

Release

No Man's Land premiered in San Antonio in January 1964.[10]

According to one review "the story is pointless and the acting is non existent. The best things about the movie are stock newsreel shots of actual combat."[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Made Feature for 30G's. Variety. 5 February 1964. 7.
  2. Web site: No Mans Land 1964 The Korean War . 2023-04-16 . www.rarewarfilms.com . en.
  3. Web site: AFICatalog . 2023-04-16 . catalog.afi.com.
  4. News: Ashford . Gerald . 25 January 1964 . Brilliant camerawork fails to save 'The Ceremony' . 6A . Express and News .
  5. Web site: AFICatalog . 2023-04-16 . catalog.afi.com.
  6. Web site: AFICatalog . 2023-04-16 . catalog.afi.com.
  7. Web site: Boyette, Pat and Russ Harvey. No Man's Land. USA, 1964., 1964. HOLLIS for . 2023-04-16 . hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu.
  8. Web site: The Comics Reporter . 2023-04-16 . www.comicsreporter.com.
  9. Frank T. Thompson, Texas Hollywood: Filmmaking in San Antonio Since 1910 (2002, University of Indiana), pp. 44-46 ("The Idiosyncratic Pat Boyette"); p. 71.
  10. News: War film made in Bexar County Opens Friday. Express and News. 19 January 1964. 7G.