| The McMasters | |
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| Directed by | Alf Kjellin |
| Screenplay by | Harold Jacob Smith |
| Produced by | Monroe Sachson Dimitri de Grunwald |
| Starring | Burl Ives Brock Peters David Carradine Nancy Kwan |
| Cinematography | Lester Shorr |
| Edited by | Melvin Shapiro |
| Music by | Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson |
Production companies | Distrifilm SA JayJen Productions |
| Distributed by | Chevron Pictures |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The McMasters is a 1970 American Western film directed by Alf Kjellin and starring Burl Ives, Brock Peters, David Carradine and Nancy Kwan.
Producer Monroe Sachson had made The Incident with Brock Peters and the two were looking around for another film to make together. The budget was around $2 million.[1] The film was shot in New Mexico.[2]
The film was cut by the US distributors, Chevron Pictures, and Peters, the writer and producer asked to have their names removed from the film.[3] Ultimately, two versions of the film were released. For its NYC debut, it played in two different theatres, one showing the cut version, the other showing the director's cut.
- ^ Briggs, Walter. (April 13, 1969). "Movies: An International Film Effort in New Mexico". Los Angeles Times. p. s17.
- ^ Kimmis Hendrick (May 12, 1969). "Making a western with overtones of now: 'Kind of frightening' Born a slave". The Christian Science Monitor. p. 4.
- ^ Kilday, Gregg (September 1, 1970). "DISAGREE WITH EDITING: Principals Disown New Film". Los Angeles Times. p. g13.