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The Jackals
Directed by Robert D. Webb
Written by W.R. Burnett
Harold Medford
Produced byRobert D. Webb
Starring Vincent Price
Diana Ivarson
Robert Gunner
CinematographyDavid Millin
Edited byPeter Grossett
Music byBob Adams
Production
company
Distributed by 20th Century-Fox
Release date
  • November 10, 1967 (1967-11-10)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Jackals is a 1967 DeLuxe Color Western film released by 20th Century-Fox and filmed at Killarney Film Studios in South Africa. A remake of 1948's Yellow Sky, it stars Vincent Price as a South African prospector named Oupa (grandpa) Decker and contract Fox star Robert Gunner. [1] The film was the last directed by Robert D. Webb.

Plot

Gold miner and his granddaughter living in South Africa are besieged by a group of bank robbers, led by 'Stretch' Hawkins for the prospectors' gold.

Cast

  • Vincent Price as Oupa Decker, the Prospector
  • Diana Ivarson as Wilhemina Adelaide 'Willie' Decker
  • Robert Gunner as Roger 'Stretch' Hawkins
  • Bob Courtney as Dandy
  • Patrick Mynhardt as Gotz
  • Bill Brewer as Stoffel
  • John Whiteley as Marico

See also

References

  1. ^ Tatum, Charles (October 19, 2007). "Jackals, The". efilmcritic.com. Retrieved November 20, 2014.

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