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

The Jackals is a 1967 DeLuxe Color Western film from 20th Century Fox filmed at Killarney Film Studios 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 summary

Gold miner (Vincent Price) and his granddaughter (Diana Ivarson) living in South Africa are besieged by a group of bank robbers, led by 'Stretch' Hawkins (Robert Gunner) 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.