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Rough Shoot

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Rough Shoot
American theatrical poster
Directed byRobert Parrish
Screenplay byEric Ambler
Produced byRaymond Stross
StarringJoel McCrea
Evelyn Keyes
CinematographyStanley Pavey
Edited byRussell Lloyd
Music byHans May
Production
company
Raymond Stross Productions
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • 15 May 1953 (1953-05-15) ((US))
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Rough Shoot, also known as Shoot First, is a 1953 British thriller film starring Joel McCrea and Evelyn Keyes, and featuring Herbert Lom, Marius Goring and Roland Culver. It was directed by Robert Parrish and written by Eric Ambler, based on the 1951 novel A Rough Shoot by Geoffrey Household.[1]

Synopsis

A retired American army officer living in the English countryside shoots at a man he takes to be a poacher. Believing he has killed him, he goes on the run from the British police and security services.

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