The Jackals
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The Jackals is a 1967 DeLuxe Color Western film from 20th Century Fox filmed at Killarney Film Studios 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.

Plot summary

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Gold miner (Vincent Price) and his granddaughter (Diana Ivarson) living in South Africa are besieged by a group of bank robbers, led by Stretch Hawkins (Robert Gunner) for the prospectors gold.

Cast

  • Vincent Price as Oupa Decker, the Prospector
  • Diana Ivarson as Wilhemina Adelaide Willie Decker
  • Robert Gunner as Roger Stretch Hawkins
  • Bob Courtney as Dandy
  • Patrick Mynhardt as Gotz
  • Bill Brewer as Stoffel
  • John Whiteley as Marico

Year 1967
ReleaseDate 1967-11-15
RuntimeMins 96
RuntimeStr 1h 36min
Plot Bad bank robber falls in love with granddaughter of miner he and his men planned to rob of gold, has change of heart.
Directors Robert D. Webb
Writers Lamar Trotti, Harold Medford, W.R. Burnett
Stars Vincent Price, Diana Ivarson, Robert Gunner
Produced by Hyman Kirstein
Music by Bob Adams,Joe Kentridge
Cinematography by David Millin
Film Editing by Peter Grossett
Art Direction by Bert Aurik
Costume Design by Ruth St. Moritz
Makeup Department William Bell,Michelle Goddard
Production Management Roscoe C. Behrmann
Art Department Roland Evans,Jack Futter,William van Reenen
Sound Department Bill Asher,Edward Howes,Jack M. Kahn,Sid Knowles
Camera and Electrical Department Douglas Bailey,John Brown,Rod Stewart
Editorial Department Alastair Henderson
Script and Continuity Department Lorette Walder
Additional Crew Josh du Toit,Ivo Pellegrini
Genres Adventure, Western
Companies Killarney Film Studios, Twentieth Century Fox
Countries South Africa
Languages English
ImDbRating 5.2
ImDbRatingVotes 298
Keywords gold dust,whiskey,canteen,cigar smoking,psychotronic film