The Jackals
{{Short description|1967 film by Robert D. Webb}}
{{Other uses|The Jackal (disambiguation){{!}}Jackal (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Jackals
| image = Jackalsdvdcover.jpg
| caption =
| director = Robert D. Webb
| producer = Robert D. Webb
| writer = W.R. Burnett
Harold Medford
| starring = Vincent Price
Diana Ivarson
Robert Gunner
| music = Bob Adams
| cinematography = David Millin
| editing = Peter Grossett
| studio = Killarney Film Studios
| distributor = 20th Century-Fox
| released = {{Film date|1967|11|10}}
| runtime = 96 minutes
| country = South Africa
| language = English
| budget =
}}
The Jackals is a 1967 DeLuxe Color Western film released by 20th Century-Fox and filmed at Killarney Film Studios in 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.{{cite web |first= Charles |last=Tatum |date=October 19, 2007 |title=Jackals, The |work=efilmcritic.com |url=http://www.efilmcritic.com/review.php?movie=16798&reviewer=325 |accessdate=2014-11-20}} The film was the last directed by Robert D. Webb.
Plot
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Gold miner and his granddaughter living in South Africa are besieged by a group of bank robbers, led by 'Stretch' Hawkins 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
See also
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0061832|The Jackals}}
- [https://letterboxd.com/film/the-jackals/ The Jackals] at Letterbox DVD
{{Robert D. Webb}}
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Category:1960s English-language films
Category:English-language South African films
Category:Films based on works by W. R. Burnett
Category:Films directed by Robert D. Webb
Category:1967 Western (genre) films
Category:Films set in South Africa
Category:Films shot in South Africa
Category:20th Century Fox films
Category:Films shot in Australia
Category:South African Western (genre) films
Category:English-language Western (genre) films
Category:1960s South African films
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