Rough Shoot

Rough Shoot
American theatrical poster
Directed by	Robert Parrish
Produced by	Raymond Stross
Screenplay by	Eric Ambler
Based on	Geoffrey Household (novel, A Rough Shoot)
Starring	Joel McCrea Evelyn Keyes
Music by	Hans May
Cinematography	Stanley Pavey
Edited by	Russell Lloyd
Production company	Raymond Stross Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release dates	15 May 1953 ((US))
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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]

Plot

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 service.

Cast

Joel McCrea as Lt. Col. Robert Tanie Evelyn Keyes as Cecily Paine Herbert Lom as Sandorski Roland Culver as Randall Marius Goring as Hiart Frank Lawton as Hassingham Patricia Laffan as Magda Cyril Raymond as Cartwright Karel Stepanek as Diss Jack McNaughton as Inspector Matthews

Clement McCallin as Inspector Sullivan David Hurst as Lex Denis Lehrer as Reimann Laurence Naismith as Blossom Megs Jenkins as Mrs. Powell Robert Dickens as Tommy Arnold Bell as Sergeant Baines Ellis Irving as Wharton Joan Hickson as Station announcer

References

Notes

1. http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/48942

External links

• Rough Shoot at the Internet Movie Database
• Rough Shoot at the TCM Movie Database
• Rough Shoot at AllMovie
• Sterritt, David. Shoot First (1953), article on TCM.com