Killer Shark

For other uses, see Shark Attack (disambiguation).

Killer Shark
Film poster
Directed by	Oscar Boetticher
Screenplay by	Charles Lang
Produced by	Ace Herman Roddy McDowall Lindsley Parsons
Starring	Roddy McDowall Laurette Luez Roland Winters
Cinematography	William A. Sickner
Edited by	Leonard W. Herman
Music by	Edward J. Kay
Production company	Monogram Pictures
Distributed by	Monogram Pictures
Release date	March 19, 1950 (1950-03-19)(USA)
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Killer Shark is a 1950 American B movie directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Roddy McDowall, Laurette Luez and Roland Winters. ^{[1] [2]} Charles Lang scripted the film and also appears in it. ^[3]

Plot summary

Ted White joins his estranged father Jeffrey aboard his shark-hunting boat. When Jeffrey and one of the crew are attacked and injured by a shark, Ted assembles a makeshift crew that proves to be disloyal, attempting to take control of the boat and kill Ted. As they approach the shore, Ted is drugged, and while he is unconscious, the catch is taken from the ship by the crew's accomplice. With the help of his father's crew, they confront the thieves, retrieve the illicit money and save Jeffrey's ship.

Cast

• Roddy McDowall as Ted White
• Laurette Luez as Maria
• Roland Winters as Jeffrey White
• Edward Norris as Ramon, a crewman
• Rick Vallin as Joe, a crewman
• Douglas Fowley as Louie Bracado
• Nacho Galindo as Maestro, the cook
• Ralf Harolde as Slattery
• Dick Moore as Jonesy
• Ted Hecht as Gano, a crewman
• Charles Lang as Mack McCann
• Robert Espinoza as Pinon, the boy
• John Sebastian as Tony, a crewman (as Julio Sebastian)
• Tom Coleman as a seaman
• Julian Rivero as the Doctor
• George Slocum as Capt. Hansen
• Frank Sully as Patrick, the bartender
• Ken Terrell as Barroom Tough in Black

Production

Budd Boetticher later recalled: "[The film] was a small picture with Roddy McDowall as the star, and I just loved him. He always had his mother and father with him on the set, but he was just about to have his 21st birthday. So we went out on location on purpose, so that he could get out from underneath their jurisdiction and see some girls here and there. So we made the picture in Baja, California, and Roddy was no virgin after that." ^[4]

References

1. "Killer Shark". State Library of New South Wales . Pathé. Monogram Pictures. 1950-12-16. ProQuest   1879618279.
2. Sala, Ángel (October 2005). "Apéndices". Tiburón ¡Vas a necesitar un barco más grande! El filme que cambió Hollywood (1st ed.). Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya. p. 114. ISBN   84-96129-72-1.
3. Lentz III, Harris M. (2005-04-20). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2004: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland & Company. p. 202. ISBN   9780786421039.
4. Budd Boetticher: The Last Interview Wheeler, Winston Dixon. Film Criticism; Meadville Vol. 26, Iss. 3, (Spring 2002): 52-0_3.

External links

• Killer Shark at IMDb
• Killer Shark at TCMDB
• Killer Shark at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films