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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Nov 17, 2017 22:20:01 GMT
I think it is a crash course in economical filmmaking and inventive despite all the jokes we know about the dogs wearing shag carpets.
A prototype for the siege zombie film too. James Best is your old fashioned working class male hero.
Written by Jay Simms who also is credited with Panic in Year Zero (with others).
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Nov 17, 2017 23:59:10 GMT
Produced by, and starring Ken Curtis, who played Festus on 'Gunsmoke'
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Post by novastar6 on Nov 18, 2017 6:58:13 GMT
I love that movie.
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Post by poelzig on Nov 18, 2017 8:43:30 GMT
Produced by, and starring Ken Curtis, who played Festus on 'Gunsmoke' Also memorably Charlie McCorry in The Searchers. It was years before I realized Charlie and Festus were played by the same guy. But isn't James Best the star? |
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Nov 20, 2017 16:35:12 GMT
Love this movie and totally love the MST3K episode.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Nov 20, 2017 16:36:21 GMT
2poelzig
James Best is the star but Ken Curtis has a supporting role. He pretty much plays the bad guy in the film.
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Post by alpha128 on Nov 22, 2017 12:30:31 GMT
Love this movie and totally love the MST3K episode. I own the MST3K episode version on DVD. Love The Killer Shrew Theme Song! |
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Nov 22, 2017 15:19:40 GMT
Love this movie and totally love the MST3K episode. I own the MST3K episode version on DVD. Love The Killer Shrew Theme Song! Yes, the song is hilarious and the killer shrew cocktail is amazing. |
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Nov 22, 2017 22:04:44 GMT
James Best shows up as a sheriff in a 1974 tv movie SAVAGES starring Andy Griffith as a psycho lawyer.
Impressive tv movie that was.
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Post by poelzig on Nov 23, 2017 4:47:02 GMT
James Best shows up as a sheriff in a 1974 tv movie SAVAGES starring Andy Griffith as a psycho lawyer. Impressive tv movie that was. James Best was in a staggering number of movies and TV shows especially westerns. Solid actor. |
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Nov 23, 2017 6:13:04 GMT
I'm sure I have seen him in lots of things I forgot but when watching Savages I couldnt place him until I thought "the Killer Shrews guy!"
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Post by poelzig on Nov 23, 2017 6:58:32 GMT
I'm sure I have seen him in lots of things I forgot but when watching Savages I couldnt place him until I thought "the Killer Shrews guy!" He's probably best known for |
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Nov 23, 2017 7:11:36 GMT
He's probably best known for Totally forgot he was in that. I only watched it occasionally and only remembered Boss Hogg. |
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Post by forca84 on Nov 26, 2017 22:08:49 GMT
It was interesting in that it had (briefly) an African American as a main character for this type of fare in 1959. He was stereotypical. But had a legit role instead of being a Driver etc. Judge Henry Dupree as Rook.
(Other films such as "Nightmare of party Beach" or "King of the Zombies" would also feature African Americans as substantial if stereotypical characters)
I haven't seen the sequel or the quasi remake of the film. But I'd be willing to track them down.
*spoilers*
I felt pretty rotten when he was killed by the Shrews all alone screaming. Effective scene.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Nov 27, 2017 2:21:37 GMT
Wow. There was a 2012 sequel with James Best?
Is that the record for the longest pause between sequels with the original star returning?
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Post by mikef6 on Nov 29, 2017 21:37:17 GMT
Here is an odd Fun Fact from the career of James Best: when he was cast in the Jerry Lewis comedy "Three On A Couch" (1966), it was the 53rd movie he had appeared in (including "The Killer Shrews") over the course of 16 years. Nevertheless, for unknown reasons, he got an opening credit that said, "And Introducing James Best."
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Post by geralmar on Dec 11, 2017 20:55:23 GMT
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Dec 11, 2017 21:11:35 GMT
Here is an odd Fun Fact from the career of James Best: when he was cast in the Jerry Lewis comedy "Three On A Couch" (1966), it was the 53rd movie he had appeared in (including "The Killer Shrews") over the course of 16 years. Nevertheless, for unknown reasons, he got an opening credit that said, "And Introducing James Best." That's funny. In the 1968 Jack Palance version of Jekyll and Hyde it says "introducing Billie Whitelaw" even though she had been acting in film for several years. |
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Post by geralmar on Dec 11, 2017 21:59:07 GMT
The cast (refer to poster) includes Baruch Lumet and Gordon McLendon. Lumet was father of director Sydney Lumet. McLendon, who also co-produced the movie, owned a string of radio stations mostly in Texas. (I remember listening to his Detroit station in the early 1960s and was put off by its distinctly rightwing slant.) McLendon also produced The Giant Gila Monster, and the two movies played in a double bill. Goude was a runner-up in the 1956 Miss Universe Contest.
I own an original "Shrews" poster and consider it one of the most striking in my small collection.
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