Shoot Out at Big Sag
1962 film
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Shoot Out at Big Sag is a 1962 American Western film. It starred Walter Brennan and was made for Brennan's production company.[1]
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| Directed by | Roger Kay |
| Screenplay by | Roger Kay |
| Story by | Walter Coburn |
| Produced by | Andy Brennan |
| Starring | Walter Brennan Chris Robinson Luana Patten Les Tremayne Virginia Gregg Leif Erickson Constance Ford Don O'Kelly |
| Cinematography | Lothrop B. Worth |
| Edited by | Bud S. Isaacs |
| Music by | Jack Cookerly Bill Loose |
Production company | Brennan Productions |
| Distributed by | Parallel Film Distributors Inc. |
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Running time | 64 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
The film was produced by Brennan's son Andy and based on a story by Walter Coburn. It was meant to be a television pilot called Barbed Wire, and would have also starred Leif Erickson and Constance Ford. Shot in 1960, the pilot was to be called Rawhide Halo.[2]
The pilot was eventually released as a film. In Mexico the film was titled Los Magnificos McCoy as a tie-in to Walter Brennan's American television series The Real McCoys.
Plot
"Preacher" Hawker is the pawn of his bossy wife Sarah Treadway Hawker, who wants to start a range war with their neighbor Sam Barbee. It doesn't help that Preacher's daughter Hannah and Barbee's son Lee have fallen in love. Preacher hires Chan Bartholomew, a lowlife saloon owner, to ensure that the outcome is in the Hawker family's favor.
Cast
- Walter Brennan as "Preacher" Hawker
- Leif Erickson as Sam Barbee
- Luana Patten as Hannah Hawker
- Chris Robinson as Lee Barbee
- Constance Ford as Goldie Bartholomew
- Virginia Gregg as Sarah Treadway Hawker
- Les Tremayne as Chan Bartholomew
- Don O'Kelly as Fargo
- Andy Brennan as Townsman
- Bill Coontz as Beale Hawker
- Hal Needham as Saloon Brawler (uncredited)
- Buddy Roosevelt as Barfly (uncredited)
