Shoot Out (1971)

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  • SHOOT OUT
    DIRECTED BY HENRY HATHAWAY
    HAL WALLIS PRODUCTIONS
    UNIVERSAL PICTURES



    INFORMATION FROM IMDb


    Plot Summary
    Clay Lomax, a bank robber, gets out of jail after an 8 year sentence. He is looking after Sam Foley, the man who betrayed him. Knowing that, Foley hires three men to pay attention of Clay's steps. The things get complicated when Lomax, waiting to receive some money from his ex-lover, gets only the notice of her death and an 8 year old girl, sometimes very annoying, presumed to be his daughter.
    Written by Michel Rudoy


    Cast
    Gregory Peck ... Clay Lomax
    Patricia Quinn ... Juliana Farrell (as Pat Quinn)
    Robert F. Lyons ... Bobby Jay Jones
    Susan Tyrrell ... Alma
    Jeff Corey ... Trooper
    James Gregory ... Sam Foley
    Rita Gam ... Emma
    Dawn Lyn ... Decky Ortega
    Pepe Serna ... Pepe
    John Davis Chandler ... Skeeter (as John Chandler)
    Paul Fix ... Brakeman
    Arthur Hunnicutt ... Homer Page
    Nicolas Beauvy ... Dutch Farrell
    Willis Bouchey ... Stationmaster (uncredited)
    and more...


    Produced
    Paul Nathan ... associate producer
    Hal B. Wallis ... producer


    Music
    Dave Grusin


    Cinematography
    Earl Rath ... director of photography


    Trivia
    Final film of Willis Bouchey. His baritone voice was dubbed by an actor with a much higher voice.


    Henry Hathaway lobbied for Ben Johnson to play the lead role.


    Goofs
    Anachronisms
    When Clay first gets into town from Prison, you can see TV antennae on rooftops.


    Audio/visual unsynchronised
    During the wagon ride after campfire encounter, Lomax is riding out with the orphan girl and thunder can be heard briefly before next scene a little to soon before scene transition.


    During the wagon ride after campfire encounter, Lomax is riding out with the orphan girl and thunder can be heard briefly before next scene a little too soon before scene transition.


    Continuity
    After Bobby Jay shoots Julianas grandmother's plates, he is holding his pistol in his right hand. Clay tells Bobby Jay that Pepe probably "cut out" on them. Bobby Jay is now holding his pistol in the left hand (no time to have shifted hands) and draws his second one with his now free right hand.


    Miscellaneous
    When Gregory Peck gives the little girl a bath in the pond, as she is struggling you can see the top band of underwear on her.


    Memorable Quotes


    Filming Locations


    Hot Creek, Inyo National Forest, California, USA
    Cerrillos, New Mexico, USA
    Chama, New Mexico, USA
    Lake Crowley, California, USA
    Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
    McGee Creek, Inyo National Forest, California, USA
    Round Valley, California, USA
    Sherwin Summit, Inyo National Forest, California, USA
    Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

  • Shoot Out is a 1971 western film directed by Henry Hathaway.
    It stars Gregory Peck and Patricia Quinn.
    The film is adapted from Will James's 1930 novel, The Lone Cowboy.
    The film was produced, directed, and written by the team that delivered
    the Oscar-winning film True Grit.


    This was the second-to-last of the 65 films directed by Hathaway.



    Production
    After filming I Walk the Line, Gregory Peck was looking for a successful film as a follow-up. Believing teaming with the director of True Grit, Henry Hathaway, along with the same producer (Hal B. Wallis) and screenwriter (Marguerite Roberts), would bring similar success, Peck started filming the project in 1970. As the film even followed a similar path - teaming a crusty gunfighter with a young girl for a companion - Peck deferred his usual salary for a percentage of the profits of the film. This allowed the production to come in on a tight budget of $1.19 million.


    The film was shot on location in Santa Fe-Los Alamos area of New Mexico between October 12 and December 2, 1970. Production wrapped on December 16.


    Release
    Box office
    The film was released in America on October 13, 1971. It was released in Sweden on August 16, 1971.


    Critical reception
    The film received negative reviews from a number of critics, especially in light of the blatant repetition of the formula seen in the earlier John Wayne film. Michael Kerbel from the Village Voice wrote that Shoot Out did have some semblance of True Grit, "'but the humor and charm are missing and what remains - a predictable revenge story - becomes tiresome.'"


    Others remarked about the slump in Gregory Peck's career: Charles Champlin of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the film "served 'mostly as a glum reminder of the inadequate use'" of the Hollywood star, while Paine Knickerbocker of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote "'Peck, m'boy, what the hell are you doing here?'"



    User Review


    Ever hear of a Switzer, name of William Tell?
    2 February 2012 | by Spikeopath (United Kingdom) Shoot Out is directed by Henry Hathaway and adapted to the screen by Marguerite Roberts from the novel The Lone Cowboy by Will James. It stars Gregory Peck, Patricia Quinn, Robert F. Lyons, Susan Tyrrell and Dawn Lyn. Music is by Dave Grusin and cinematography by Earl Rath. Plot has Peck playing Clay Lomax, who is out of prison after 7 years and seeking revenge on the partner who shot him in the back during a robbery. But Lomax soon finds he has company in the young child form of Decky Ortega (Lyn), who has been sent to him by his one time lover Teresa, sadly now deceased.

    Quote from SPIKE

    Just do your little chore, punk.


    It took a whack from critics of the day, and even now it only seems to have a handful of fans prepared to stand up and say they enjoy it very much. Shoot Out is not a great film, well actually the location work is certainly great, but it is a very rich and warm Western. The problems are hard to argue against, Peck is not adept at playing a vengeful bastard in his later years, the villains are of the near cackling pantomime kind, and a number of cheap money saving tactics are employed by an on the wane Hathaway. Yet the action hits the right notes, Peck's unfolding relationship with the adorable Lyn is heart warming, and the elder female characters-put upon prostitute desperately seeking a way out (Tyrrell)/plain Jane homemaker who drinks to forget her unfulfilled lot (Quinn)-are afforded intelligence in the writing. While some of the location photography, in Technicolor, is gorgeous as Earl Rath gets excellent value out of the New Mexico and California landscapes. And hey! There's even a cameo by the always awesome Arthur Hunnicutt.


    I'm giving it a generous 7/10 because it's not deserving of the scorn poured on it elsewhere. If only for the central father/daughter relationship, the scenery and a neat flip-flop pay back scenario, this is recommended to Peck and Western fans. Just don't expect True Grit like some apparently did!

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England