Director: R.G. SPRINGSTEEN. Screenplay: Mary Willingham, Willard Willingham. Based on the 1958 novel Renegade Posse by Marvin H. Albert. Photographed in Eastman Color (by Pathé) by Joseph Biroc. Film editor: Russell F. Schoengarth. Music composed by Frank Skinner, supervised by Joseph Gershenson. Art directors: Alexander Golitzen, Henry Bumstead. Set decorator: Oliver Emert. Make-up: Bud Westmore. Hair styles: Larry Germain. Costume supervisors: Edward Armand, Olive Koenitz. Unit production manager: Howard Pine. Assistant directors: Phil Bowles (first), Carl Beringer (second). Sound recording: Waldon O. Watson, Joe Lapis. Westrex Sound System. Producer: Gordon Kay. Filmed at Universal City Studios, and on locations in Utah.
Copyright 29 September 1964 by Gordon Kay and Associates. Released through Universal. No New York opening. U.S. release: 2 September 1964. U.K. release: 28 September 1964. 7,200 feet. 80 minutes.
SYNOPSIS: Hunting bank robbers, some members of a posse seem more interested in the loot than is healthy for their survival in Apache country.
VIEWER'S GUIDE: A strong emphasis on greed and violence make this film unsuitable for children.
COMMENT: Blessed with appropriately rugged locations, this is a taut, no-psychological-nonsense Western, solidly acted and capably (if somewhat TV-oriented in its constant reliance on close-ups) directed.
The script introduces a few new twists to its familiar theme, packs plenty of action into 80 minutes, and allows character actors like Alan Hale and George Tobias plenty of opportunities.
Looking a little old and even slightly paunchy, Audie Murphy is well cast. Despite its plenitude of mechanical, television-style close- ups and some speeches and dialogue exchanges that could be trimmed, the movie does comes across as a more than reasonably satisfying "B".
Copyright 29 September 1964 by Gordon Kay and Associates. Released through Universal. No New York opening. U.S. release: 2 September 1964. U.K. release: 28 September 1964. 7,200 feet. 80 minutes.
SYNOPSIS: Hunting bank robbers, some members of a posse seem more interested in the loot than is healthy for their survival in Apache country.
VIEWER'S GUIDE: A strong emphasis on greed and violence make this film unsuitable for children.
COMMENT: Blessed with appropriately rugged locations, this is a taut, no-psychological-nonsense Western, solidly acted and capably (if somewhat TV-oriented in its constant reliance on close-ups) directed.
The script introduces a few new twists to its familiar theme, packs plenty of action into 80 minutes, and allows character actors like Alan Hale and George Tobias plenty of opportunities.
Looking a little old and even slightly paunchy, Audie Murphy is well cast. Despite its plenitude of mechanical, television-style close- ups and some speeches and dialogue exchanges that could be trimmed, the movie does comes across as a more than reasonably satisfying "B".