100 Rifles

100 Rifles
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTom Gries
Screenplay byClair Huffaker
Tom Gries
Based onThe Californio
1967 novel
by Robert MacLeod
Produced byMarvin Schwartz
StarringJim Brown
Raquel Welch
Burt Reynolds
CinematographyCecilio Paniagua
Edited byRobert L. Simpson
Music byJerry Goldsmith
Color processColor by DeLuxe
Production
company
Marvin Schwartz Productions
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • March 26, 1969 (1969-03-26)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
Spanish
Budget$3,920,000[1]
Box office$3.5 million (US/ Canada rentals)[2][3]

100 Rifles is a 1969 American Western film directed by Tom Gries and starring Jim Brown, Raquel Welch and Burt Reynolds. It is based on Robert MacLeod's 1966 novel The Californio. The film was shot in Spain. The original music score was composed by Jerry Goldsmith, who had previously also scored Bandolero!, another Western starring Welch.[4]

  1. ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p255
  2. ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p231
  3. ^ "Big Rental Films of 1969", Variety, 7 January 1970 p. 15
  4. ^ Clemmensen, Christian. "Jerry Goldsmith (1929–2004) tribute". Filmtracks.com. Archived from the original on November 1, 2011. Retrieved February 11, 2011.