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The McMasters
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The McMasters | |
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Directed by | Alf Kjellin |
Screenplay by | Harold Jacob Smith |
Produced by | Monroe Sachson Dimitri de Grunwald |
Starring | Burl Ives Brock Peters David Carradine Nancy Kwan |
Cinematography | Lester Shorr |
Edited by | Melvin Shapiro |
Music by | Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson |
Production companies | Distrifilm SA JayJen Productions |
Distributed by | Chevron Pictures |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The McMasters is a 1970 American Western film directed by Alf Kjellin and starring Burl Ives, Brock Peters, David Carradine and Nancy Kwan.
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Producer Monroe Sachson had made The Incident with Brock Peters and the two were looking around for another film to make together. The budget was around $2 million.[1] The film was shot in New Mexico.[2]
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The film was cut by the US distributors, Chevron Pictures, and Peters, the writer and producer asked to have their names removed from the film.[3] Ultimately, two versions of the film were released. For its NYC debut, it played in two different theatres, one showing the cut version, the other showing the director's cut.
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Plot
An ex-slave is given half-ownership of a farm following the Civil War. He can't find anyone to work for him until Native Americans help. Bigots try to shut him down.
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Cast
- Burl Ives as McMasters
- Brock Peters as Benjamin "Benjie"
- David Carradine as White Feather
- Nancy Kwan as Robin
- Jack Palance as Kolby
- Dane Clark as Spencer
- John Carradine as Preacher
- L. Q. Jones as Russell
- R. G. Armstrong as Watson
- Alan Vint as Hank
Novelization
Concurrent with the release of the film, Award Books published a novelization of the screenplay by Dudley Dean McGaughey under his primary by-line, Dean Owen.
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References
- ^ Briggs, Walter. (April 13, 1969). "Movies: An International Film Effort in New Mexico". Los Angeles Times. p. s17.
- ^ Kimmis Hendrick (May 12, 1969). "Making a western with overtones of now: 'Kind of frightening' Born a slave". The Christian Science Monitor. p. 4.
- ^ Kilday, Gregg (September 1, 1970). "DISAGREE WITH EDITING: Principals Disown New Film". Los Angeles Times. p. g13.
External links
- The McMasters at IMDb
- The McMasters at the TCM Movie Database
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