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Rough Shoot

Rough Shoot
American theatrical poster
Directed byRobert Parrish
Screenplay byEric Ambler
Based onGeoffrey Household
(novel, A Rough Shoot)
Produced byRaymond Stross
StarringJoel McCrea
Evelyn Keyes
Herbert Lom
CinematographyStanley Pavey
Edited byRussell Lloyd
Music byHans May
Production
company
Raymond Stross Productions
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • 15 May 1953 (1953-05-15) ((US))
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Rough Shoot, released in the USA as Shoot First, is a 1953 British thriller film directed by Robert Parrish and written by Eric Ambler, based on the 1951 novel by Geoffrey Household.[1] The film stars Joel McCrea, in his only postwar non-Western role, with Evelyn Keyes as the leading lady, and featuring Herbert Lom, Marius Goring and Roland Culver. The scenario is set in Cold War England when tensions ran high regarding spying.[2]

  1. ^ Milne 2004, p. 1014.
  2. ^ "History: 'Rough Shoot'." BFI, 2019. Retrieved: 10 August 2019.

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