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Rough Shoot, released in the US as Shoot First, has Hitchcockian elements, with some similarities to Foreign Correspondent and Saboteur. A climactic showdown with the baddies at Madame Tussaud’s corresponds to the State of Liberty scene in the latter. With its Cold War subject and unflashy style, the film…
10. Sept. 2012 · Scripted by Eric Ambler from Geoffrey Household's novel, this curiously pedestrian thriller, set during the Cold War, looks like a throwback to Hitchcock's Brit
Shoot First was adapted by Eric Ambler, one of the biggest names in British spy fiction, from Geoffrey Household's 1951 novel A Rough Shoot. (The film's original British title was Rough Shoot.) Household was a popular writer whose autobiographical statement is quoted on the dust jacket of this book. He says he started his career "as a ...
Rough Shoot (movie, 1953) An American military officer (Joel McCrea) and his wife (Evelyn Keyes) move to a cottage in what they think is the peaceful English countryside, only to discover the area is a hotbed of spies and secret agents.
Rough Shoot, released in the US as Shoot First, has Hitchcockian elements, with some similarities to Foreign Correspondent and Saboteur. A climactic showdown with the baddies at Madame Tussaud’s corresponds to the State of Liberty scene in the latter. With its Cold War subject and unflashy style, the film…
Critics reviews. U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Robert Taine and his wife Cecily live in a village in England. While hunting on some land he has recently purchased, he shoots a load of buckshot at a man he thinks is a poacher but, upon examination, he discovers the man is dead and believes,at first, he has killed him.
Description. Rough Shoot – 1953. A retired US Army Lt. Colonel shoots a man he thinks is a poacher and believes he’s killed him. With the police chasing him, he trails a suspect who leads him to an espionage gang. Stars: Joel McCrea, Evelyn Keyes, Laurence Naismith, Marius Goring, Karel Stepanek, Roland Culver, Megs Jenkins. Quality: 8/10.
