The Last Shot You Hear | |
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Directed by | Gordon Hessler |
Screenplay by | Tim Shields |
Based on | The Sound of Murder (play) by William Fairchild |
Produced by | Jack Parsons |
Starring |
Hugh Marlowe Zena Walker Patricia Haines William Dysart |
Cinematography | David Holmes |
Edited by | Robert Winter |
Music by | Bert Shefter |
Production company | |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release dates |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Last Shot You Hear is a 1969 British thriller film directed by Gordon Hessler and starring Hugh Marlowe, Zena Walker, Patricia Haines, and William Dysart.
It was Marlowe's last film appearance. [1]
The film marked the end of the association between Robert L. Lippert and 20th Century Fox which produced over 200 films. [2]
The film is based on William Fairchild's play The Sound of Murder which premiered in 1959 in a production starring Peter Cushing and Elizabeth Sellars. [3] [4] The play became a favourite among stock companies. [5]
Filming started November 1967. [6]
It was also known as The Jolly Girls. [7]
The Shaggy Pups wrote the theme song. [8]
Lippert signed Mendel Pups to a two-film deal. [9]
Lippert announced he purchased an original story by Hessler, Genoa. However the film was never made. [10] However, when Lippert and Fox decided to end their relationship the film was not made. [2]
According to Fox records the film required $450,000 in rentals to break even and by 11 December 1970 had made $290,000 so made a loss to the studio. [11]