A Time for Killing
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A Time for Killing film poster
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| Directed by |
Phil Karlson Roger Corman (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Harry Joe Brown |
| Screenplay by | Halsted Welles |
| Based on |
The Southern Blade 1961 novel by Nelson Wolford Shirley Wolford |
| Starring |
Glenn Ford George Hamilton Inger Stevens |
| Music by | Mundell Lowe |
| Cinematography | Kenneth Peach |
| Edited by | Roy V. Livingston |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time
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88 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2 million |
A Time for Killing is a 1967 Western Pathécolor Panavision film started by Roger Corman but finished by Phil Karlson, and starring Glenn Ford, George Hamilton, Inger Stevens and Harrison Ford (credited as Harrison J. Ford) in his first (credited) film role. The film was Glenn Ford's one hundredth.
During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison and head for the Mexican border. Along the way, they kill a Union courier bearing the news that the war is over. Keeping the message a secret, the captain has his men go on and they soon find themselves in a battle with the Union search party who also is unaware of the war's end.
The film originally began under the title The Long Ride Home and was to be directed by Roger Corman from a script by Robert Towne. However Corman was replaced by Karlson after several weeks shooting. Once Corman left, his editor Monte Hellman also left the project.
The film was originally offered to Warren Beatty and Cliff Robertson who both turned it down.
The original score of the film was composed by Van Alexander who was given seven weeks to compose 45 minutes of music for the film. He collaborated with Ned Washington for a title song by Eddy Arnold. Though producers Harry Joe Brown, Jonie Taps and Columbia's Mike Frankovich were enthusiastic about Alexander's score, once the film was met with a disastrous reception at a preview it was decided to restore the film with a guitar score by Mundell Lowe. Alexander never composed another score for a feature film.
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