Rough Shoot (1953)

Directed by

Robert Parrish

Genre

drama film, crime film, spy film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A retired American soldier living in England accidentally kills a man he mistakes for a poacher on his property. He discovers the dead man was involved in espionage, and he becomes tangled in a Cold War spy operation.

tensesuspensefulunderstatedbleakgrittymethodicaluneasy

What happens

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. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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