Massacre (1956 film)

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Massacre

Directed by	Louis King
Screenplay by	D.D. Beauchamp
Based on	Fred Freiberger William Tunberg (from a story by)
Produced by	Robert L. Lippert Jr. Olallo Rubio Gandara (co-producer)
Starring	Dane Clark James Craig Martha Roth
Cinematography	Gilbert Warrenton
Edited by	Carl Pierson
Music by	Gonzalo Curiel
Color process	Anscocolor
Production company	Lippert Pictures
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
Countries	United States Mexico
Language	English

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

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

Dane Clark as Capitán Ramón
James Craig as Teniente Ezparza
Martha Roth as Angélica Chávez
Miguel Torruco as Miguel Chávez
Jaime Fernández as Juan Pedro (as Jamie Fernandez)
José Ángel Espinosa 'Ferrusquilla' as Vincent (as Ferrusquilla)
Enrique Zambrano as Munez
José Muñoz as Macario
José Pulido as Self

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]

References

^ "MASSACRE". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 28. 1961. p. 36. ProQuest 1305821968.
^ Louella parsons (August 30, 1954). "Teenagers really love that tony". The Washington Post and Times-Herald. ProQuest 148477044.
^ Page 41 Lippert and Guatamla to Co-Produce Film Box Office Volume 66 1955
^ T. M. (February 27, 1955). "HOLLYWOOD SCENE". The New York Times. ProQuest 113223981.
^ Schallert, E. (October 2, 1955). "Filming at peak south of border". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 166869862.

External links

Massacre at IMDb
Massacre at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Massacre at the TCM Movie Database

Films directed by Louis King

Peaceful Peters (1922)
The Law Rustlers (1923)
Spawn of the Desert (1923)
The Slingshot Kid (1927)
The Boy Rider (1927)
Rough Ridin' Red (1928)
Terror Mountain (1928)
The Fightin' Redhead (1928)
Orphan of the Sage (1928)
The Little Buckaroo (1928)
Young Whirlwind (1928)
The Pinto Kid (1928)
The Bantam Cowboy (1928)
The Freckled Rascal (1929)
The Vagabond Cub (1929)
The Lone Rider (1930)
The Fighting Sheriff (1931)
Desert Vengeance (1931)
The County Fair (1932)
Drifting Souls (1932)
The Arm of the Law (1932)
Robbers' Roost (1932)
Life in the Raw (1933)
Murder in Trinidad (1934)
Pursued (1934)
Bachelor of Arts (1934)
Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935)
Special Investigator (1936)
Bengal Tiger (1936)
That Man's Here Again (1937)
Melody for Two (1937)
Draegerman Courage (1937)
Wild Money (1937)
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)
Wine, Women and Horses (1937)
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937)
Tip-Off Girls (1938)
Hunted Men (1938)
Prison Farm (1938)
Illegal Traffic (1938)
Tom Sawyer, Detective (1938)
Persons in Hiding (1939)
Undercover Doctor (1939)
Seventeen (1940)
Typhoon (1940)
The Way of All Flesh (1940)
Moon Over Burma (1940)
Young America (1942)
Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas (1943)
Ladies of Washington (1944)
Thunderhead, Son of Flicka (1945)
Smoky (1946)
Thunder in the Valley (1947)
Green Grass of Wyoming (1948)
Sand (1949)
Mrs. Mike (1949)
Frenchie (1950)
The Lion and the Horse (1952)
Powder River (1953)
Sabre Jet (1953)
Dangerous Mission (1954)
Massacre (1956)

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