Massacre (1956 film)

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Massacre
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Directed by Louis King
Screenplay by D.D. Beauchamp
Based onFred Freiberger
William Tunberg
(from a story by)
Produced byRobert L. Lippert Jr.
Olallo Rubio Gandara
(co-producer)
Starring Dane Clark
James Craig
Martha Roth
CinematographyGilbert Warrenton
Edited by Carl Pierson
Music by Gonzalo Curiel
Color processAnscocolor
Production
company
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • March 29, 1956 (1956-03-29)(Mexico City)
  • June 1, 1956 (1956-06-01)(New York City)
Running time
75 minutes
CountriesUnited States
Mexico
LanguageEnglish

Massacre is a 1956 American-Mexican Western film directed by Louis King and starring Dane Clark, James Craig, and Martha Roth. [1]

Contents

It was known as Charge of the Rurales. [2]

Plot

A tribe of hostile Indian goes on the warpath slaughtering white men with guns sold to them by mercenary outlaws.

Cast

Production

The film was originally to have been an co-production between Robert Lippert and Guatemala with the film to be shot on location under the title Charge of the Rurales. [3] Serious troubles forced the production to Mexico. [4] [5]

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