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The McMasters (1969)

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Film details

Featuring

Brock Peters Burl Ives David Carradine
Director

Alf Kjellin
Country

USA
Year

1969
Genre

Western
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

The Blood Crowd Alternative
The McMasters... Tougher than the West Itself! Alternative

Synopsis

Story of a black soldier who returns to his home town in the American South after the Civil war. He has been serving in the Union Army. When he tries to set up as a rancher, he encounters great hostility from his white neighbours. In the end he is virtually fighting the whole community including the local Native Americans.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Benjie
    
    Brock Peters
  - Neal McMasters
    
    Burl Ives
  - White Feather
    
    David Carradine
  - Robin
    
    Nancy Kwan
  - Kolby
    
    Jack Palance
  - Spencer
    
    Dane Clark
  - Preacher
    
    John Carradine
  - Russell
    
    L.Q. Jones
  - Watson
    
    R.G. Armstrong
  - Grant
    
    Frank Raiter
  - Hank
    
    Alan Vint
  - Mrs. Watson
    
    Marian Brash
  - Sylvester
    
    Neil Davis
  - Jud
    
    Paul Eichenberg
  - Lester
    
    Richard Alden
  - Bull
    
    Lonnie Samuel
  - Sheriff
    
    Albert Hockmeister
  - Otis
    
    David Strong
  - Cullen
    
    Dumas Slade
  - Mrs. Spencer
    
    Joan Howard
  - Bartender
    
    William Kiernan
  - Indian Joe
    
    José Maranio
  - Watson's Son
    
    Leo Dillenschneider
  - cast member
    
    Richard Martinez
  - cast member
    
    Joseph Duran
  - cast member
    
    Bill Alexander
  - cast member
    
    Frank Nanoia
  - cast member
    
    David Welty
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Alf Kjellin
  - Assistant Director
    
    Ray Decamp
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Jay-Jen
  - Executive Producer
    
    Dimitri de Grunwald
  - Producer
    
    Monroe Sachson
  - Production Manager
    
    Harry F. Hogan
  Writing:
  - Script
    
    Harold Jacob Smith
  Photography:
  - Photography
    
    Lester Shorr
  Special Effects:
  - Special Effects
    
    Herman Townsley
  - Special Effects
    
    Ted Alires
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Melvin Shapiro
  Design:
  - Production Designer
    
    Joel Schiller
  - Set Decorator
    
    George R. Nelson
  Titles:
  - Title Design
    
    Sandy Dvore
  Music:
  - Music composed and conducted
    
    Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
  Sound:
  - Sound
    
    John V. Speak
  Consultant:
  - Technical Adviser
    
    Rodd Redwing

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