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The Jackals (1967)

The Jackals poster
Directed by
Robert D. Webb
Genre
adventure film
Country
South Africa, United States
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of outlaws stumbles upon a remote gold prospector and his granddaughter in the South African wilderness. Tensions rise as greed and mistrust take hold among the intruders and their unwilling hosts.

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What happens

The Jackals is a 1967 DeLuxe Color Western film released by 20th Century-Fox and filmed at Killarney Film Studios in South Africa. A remake of 1948's Yellow Sky, it stars Vincent Price as a South African prospector named Oupa (grandpa) Decker and contract Fox star Robert Gunner. The film was the last directed by Robert D. Webb. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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