Jack Slade (film)

Jack Slade
Directed by	Harold Schuster
Written by	Warren Douglas
Produced by	John H. Burrows Lindsley Parsons
Starring	Mark Stevens Dorothy Malone Barton MacLane
Cinematography	William A. Sickner
Edited by	Leonard W. Herman
Music by	Paul Dunlap
Production companies	Allied Artists Pictures Monogram Pictures
Distributed by	Allied Artists Pictures Associated British-Pathé Interna Filmverleih Comet Video
Release date	November 8, 1953 (1953-11-08)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Jack Slade is a 1953 American black-and-white Western film directed by Harold Schuster, written by Warren Douglas and starring Mark Stevens. ^[1] It was followed by a sequel, The Return of Jack Slade (1955), also directed by Schuster, written by Douglas and starring John Ericson. ^[2] Both were based on chapter 9 through 11 of Mark Twain's book Roughing It . ^[3]

Cast

• Mark Stevens as Jack Slade
• Dorothy Malone as Virginia Maria Dale
• Barton MacLane as Jules Reni
• John Litel as Judge Davidson
• Paul Langton as Dan Traver
• Harry Shannon as Tom Carter
• John Harmon as Hollis
• Jim Bannon as Farnsworth
• Lee Van Cleef as Bolt Mackay
• David May as Tump
• Ron Hargrave as Ned Prentice
• Sammy Ogg as Joey Slade
• Nelson Leigh as Alf Slade
• Richard Reeves as Rufe Prentice
• Dorothy Kennedy as Mrs. Ward
• Duane Thorsen as Tad Prentice
• Robert Carson as Holdup Man
• Harry Cheshire as Mr. Hill
• Bill Coontz as Barfly
• Steve Darrell as Holdup Man
• Tex Driscoll as Barfly
• Donald Elson as Mr. Ward
• Nancy Gilbert as Little Girl
• John Halloran as Johnny Danton
• Chick Hannan as Barfly
• Jim Hayward as Bartender
• Ray Jones as Townsman
• Harry Landers as Danton Son
• Scotty Morrow as The Ward Boy
• Anna Navarro as Mexican Girl
• Fox O'Callahan as Barfly
• Tex Palmer as Townsman
• Hank Patterson as Old Tom
• Steve Pendleton as Stage Passenger
• Jack Tornek as Barfly
• Bob Woodward as Stage Driver

References

1. Reid, John Howard (September 16, 2015). World's Worst Westerns Plus Some of the Best Your Guide to the Best of the Worst. Lulu.com. p. 70. ISBN   9781329548374.
2. Reid, John Howard (2006). Cinemascope 3: Hollywood Takes the Plunge. Lulu.com. p. 202. ISBN   9781411671881.
3. Weisenburger, Steven (2006). A Gravity's Rainbow Companion: Sources and Contexts for Pynchon's Novel. University of Georgia Press. p. 155. ISBN   9780820328119.

External links

• Jack Slade at IMDb