Kentucky Rifle
His Wits, Weapons and Women, Turned Defeat Into Victory!
1956 | 84m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Carl K. Hittleman |
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| Writer: | Carl K. Hittleman, Lee Hewitt, Francis Chase Jr. |
| Staring: |
| A man escorts a wagon load of Kentucky rifles through Indian territory and must find a way to get through without losing the rifles to the Indians. Unfortunately the Indians know about it, and give the occupants an ultimatum: either the rifles or their lives. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 01, 1956 |
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| Director: | Carl K. Hittleman |
| Writer: | Carl K. Hittleman, Lee Hewitt, Francis Chase Jr. |
| Genres: | Western |
| Keywords | kentucky, native american, rifle |
| Production Companies | Howco Productions Inc. |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 (Update) Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Chill Wills | Tobias Taylor |
| Lance Fuller | Jason Clay |
| Cathy Downs | Amy Connors |
| Sterling Holloway | Lon Setter |
| Henry Hull | Preacher Bently |
| Jeanne Cagney | Cordie Hay |
| Jess Barker | Daniel Foster |
| John Pickard | Reuben Hay |
| John Alvin | Luke Thomas |
| I. Stanford Jolley | Jed Williams |
| Rory Mallinson | Indian Chief |
| George Keymas | Interpreter |
| Clyde Houck | Clyde Thomas |
| Alice Ralph | Mrs. Thomas (as Alice Rolph) |
| Chuck Roberson | Indian (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Carl K. Hittleman | Screenplay, Story, Director |
| Lee Hewitt | Screenplay, Story |
| Francis Chase Jr. | Screenplay |
| Irving Gertz | Music |
| Paul Ivano | Director of Photography |
| Hugh Winn | Editor |
| Yolanda McGinnis | Casting |
| Ray Heinz | Production Design |
| Max Frankel | Property Master |
| Jack Solomon | Sound Recordist |
| Ray Mercer | Special Effects |
| Connie Earl | Script Supervisor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Carl K. Hittleman | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 2 |
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| 2024 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
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| 2024 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
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Hmmm. As B Westerns go, this has to be more of a C+ as Chill Wills really struggles to hold this together. He is "Taylor" who is in charge of repairing a busted wagon that's been left behind by the train - exposing it to a gang of marauding Comanches who want it's not-so-secret cargo of Winchesters. ... He's not helped by the fact that his colleagues are all a bit self-obsessed with each having their own agenda and who are all just a bit selfish. Can he get them all through safely without surrendering their lives and/or their weapons? I didn't really care, to be honest. The production is basic, the dialogue far too wordy and the characterisations, led by Wills but hardly augmented by the wooden as as spoon Cathy Downs ("Amy") and Lance Fuller's "Clay" do little to liven this rather procedural mix either. Henry Hull tries his best as the preacher, but by the mid-point I was the one praying: for the Comanches to do us all favour and put us out of our misery. One for list completists, I'd say - though quite what list this'd ever be on. Poor, sorry!