Killers Three

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Killers Three
Killers Three.jpg
Directed by Bruce Kessler
Written by Dick Clark
Michael Fisher
Produced by Jack Bohrer
Dick Clark
Norman T. Herman
Starring Robert Walker
Diane Varsi
Dick Clark
Maureen Arthur
Cinematography J. Burgi Contner
Paul Hunt
Edited byRenn Reynolds
Music by Mike Curb
Harley Hatcher
Jerry Styner
Production
company
Dick Clark Productions
Distributed byAmerican International Pictures
Release date
  • November 1968 (1968-11)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Killers Three is an American crime drama film produced in 1968 by Dick Clark Productions and released by American International Pictures starring Robert Walker Jr., Diane Varsi and Dick Clark. Others in the cast include Norman Alden, Maureen Arthur, Merle Haggard and Bonnie Owens. [1]

Contents

This western crime drama was written for the screen by Dick Clark and Michael Fisher. It was produced by Clark and directed by Bruce Kessler. [2]

The soundtrack-album featured country singers Merle Haggard, Bonnie Owens, Kay Adams and Jack Clement. Haggard sings his own compositions including "Mama Tried". [3]

Plot

Johnny Warder gets out of prison and returns to North Carolina to marry sweetheart Carol, with whom he has a five-year-old son. Johnny and Carol decide to rob a local bootlegger's safe during a town picnic. Their accomplice is Roger, a former Army buddy of Johnny's with knowledge of explosives.

They blow the safe to get at the $250,000 inside, but the job goes awry. During their escape, Johnny and Roger kill a law-enforcement official.

At a diner, a sheriff, Carol's brother Charlie, spots the fugitives. In deference to his sister, Charlie agrees to give them a 10-minute head start before he contacts his fellow lawmen. But when emerging from a restroom, Roger doesn't realize who Charlie is and shoots him dead.

The police eventually surround the gang at a sawmill. During a shootout, Roger is killed. Johnny and Carol drive off in a hail of bullets, and Carol is also killed. Johnny drives her body back to her mother and son.

Cast

Production

Much of the movie was filmed in Ramseur, North Carolina, with additional scenes shot in Coleridge. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Killers Three (1968)". BFI. Archived from the original on January 19, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Killers Three (1969) - Bruce Kessler | Cast and Crew". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 2024-05-27. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  3. ↑ "Killers Three [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
  4. ↑ Elliot, Harvey (June 20, 1968). "Heat, Insects Greet Clark". The Daily Tar Heel. p. 6. Retrieved 2021-02-26.


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