Killer Shark

Killer Shark
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(USA);
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Last updated June 07, 2025

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

Plot summary

Shark fishermen on ocean Mexican Cantina with tequila and Mariachi music, has good scene of catching and cleaning shark.

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 it "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

↑ "KILLER SHARK". State Library of New South Wales . Pathé. Monogram Pictures. December 16, 1950. ProQuest 1879618279.
↑ 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.
↑ Lentz III, Harris M. (April 20, 2005). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2004: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland & Company. p. 202. ISBN 9780786421039.
↑ 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

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[1] "KILLER SHARK". State Library of New South Wales . Pathé. Monogram Pictures. December 16, 1950. 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. (April 20, 2005). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2004: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland & Company. p. 202. ISBN 9780786421039.

[budd-4] Budd Boetticher: The Last Interview Wheeler, Winston Dixon. Film Criticism; Meadville Vol. 26, Iss. 3, (Spring 2002): 52-0_3.

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