Jack Slade (film)

1953 film by Harold D. Schuster

  • John H. Burrows
  • Lindsley Parsons
StarringMark Stevens
Dorothy Malone
Barton MacLaneCinematographyWilliam A. SicknerEdited byLeonard W. HermanMusic byPaul Dunlap
Production
companies
  • Allied Artists Pictures
  • Monogram Pictures
Distributed by
Release date
  • November 8, 1953 (1953-11-08)
Running time
90 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Jack Slade is a 1953 American black-and-white Western film directed by Harold Schuster, written by Warren Douglas and starring Mark Stevens.[1] It was followed by a sequel, The Return of Jack Slade (1955), also directed by Schuster, written by Douglas and starring John Ericson.[2] Both were based on chapter 9 through 11 of Mark Twain's book Roughing It.[3]

Cast

  • Mark Stevens as Jack Slade
  • Dorothy Malone as Virginia Maria Dale
  • Barton MacLane as Jules Reni
  • John Litel as Judge Davidson
  • Paul Langton as Dan Traver
  • Harry Shannon as Tom Carter
  • John Harmon as Hollis
  • Jim Bannon as Farnsworth
  • Lee Van Cleef as Bolt Mackay
  • David May as Tump
  • Ron Hargrave as Ned Prentice
  • Sammy Ogg as Joey Slade
  • Nelson Leigh as Alf Slade
  • Richard Reeves as Rufe Prentice
  • Dorothy Kennedy as Mrs. Ward
  • Duane Thorsen as Tad Prentice
  • Robert Carson as Holdup Man
  • Harry Cheshire as Mr. Hill
  • Bill Coontz as Barfly
  • Steve Darrell as Holdup Man
  • Tex Driscoll as Barfly
  • Donald Elson as Mr. Ward
  • Nancy Gilbert as Little Girl
  • John Halloran as Johnny Danton
  • Chick Hannan as Barfly
  • Jim Hayward as Bartender
  • Ray Jones as Townsman
  • Harry Landers as Danton Son
  • Scotty Morrow as The Ward Boy
  • Anna Navarro as Mexican Girl
  • Fox O'Callahan as Barfly
  • Tex Palmer as Townsman
  • Hank Patterson as Old Tom
  • Steve Pendleton as Stage Passenger
  • Jack Tornek as Barfly
  • Bob Woodward as Stage Driver

References

  1. ^ Reid, John Howard (September 16, 2015). World's Worst Westerns Plus Some of the Best Your Guide to the Best of the Worst. Lulu.com. p. 70. ISBN 9781329548374.
  2. ^ Reid, John Howard (2006). Cinemascope 3: Hollywood Takes the Plunge. Lulu.com. p. 202. ISBN 9781411671881.
  3. ^ Weisenburger, Steven (2006). A Gravity's Rainbow Companion: Sources and Contexts for Pynchon's Novel. University of Georgia Press. p. 155. ISBN 9780820328119.
  • Jack Slade at IMDb