Hawmps!

Hawmps!
Original theatrical poster
Directed byJoe Camp
Written byWilliam Bickley
Joe Camp
Michael Warren
Produced byJoe Camp
StarringJames Hampton
Christopher Connelly
Slim Pickens
Denver Pyle
Gene Conforti
Mimi Maynard
Jack Elam
Lee de Broux
Herb Vigran
Dick Drake
Larry Swartz
Mike Travis
Tiny Wells
Jesse Davis
Music byEuel Box
Distributed byMulberry Square Releasing
Release date
  • May 21, 1976 (1976-05-21)
Running time
113 minutes
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5.35 million[1][2]

Hawmps! is a 1976 American Western slapstick comedy film about a United States Cavalry experiment to introduce camels into the service in the western United States, specifically Texas.[3] The cast included James Hampton, Christopher Connelly and Slim Pickens.

It was written by William Bickley, Joe Camp, and Michael Warren, directed by Joe Camp,[3] and produced by Mulberry Square Productions.

  1. ^ Regional Filmmakers: Mavericks of the Movies By KIRK HONEYCUTT. New York Times 9 Nov 1980: D19.
  2. ^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 293. ISBN 9780835717762. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
  3. ^ a b Eder, Richard (May 28, 1976). "Hawmps (1976) Screen: Camels In the Old West". The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016.