The Big Killing (1928)
60 mins | Comedy-drama | 19 May 1928
Director:
F. Richard JonesWriters:
Gilbert Pratt, Frank Butler, Grover JonesProducer:
F. Richard JonesCinematographer:
Alfred GilksProduction Company:
Paramount Famous Lasky Corp.According to the 21 Apr 1928 Motion Picture News and 23 Apr 1928 Film Daily, the production had the working title of either Ready! Aim! Fire! or Ready, Aim, Fire. Renamed The Big Killing, the comedy marked Paramount Pictures Corp.’s eighth and final teaming of actors Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton.
The film was released on 19 May 1928, followed by a New York City opening at the Paramount Theatre during the week of 30 Jun 1928. Reviews were generally positive, although the 4 Jul 1928 Var agreed with Paramount that the team of Beery and Hatton had run its course.
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According to the 21 Apr 1928 Motion Picture News and 23 Apr 1928 Film Daily, the production had the working title of either Ready! Aim! Fire! or Ready, Aim, Fire. Renamed The Big Killing, the comedy marked Paramount Pictures Corp.’s eighth and final teaming of actors Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton.
The film was released on 19 May 1928, followed by a New York City opening at the Paramount Theatre during the week of 30 Jun 1928. Reviews were generally positive, although the 4 Jul 1928 Var agreed with Paramount that the team of Beery and Hatton had run its course.
Ready, Aim, Fire
Carnival sharpshooters Powder-Horn Pete and Dead-Eye Dan are hired by the mountain-dwelling Hicks clan to eliminate their arch nemeses, the Beagles, with whom they have been carrying on a violent feud. Pete and Dan accept the offer, believing that they are expected to hunt for dogs. The fraudulent marksmen are unpleasantly surprised when the Beagles greet them with a barrage of gunfire, so they resort to other tactics until the families accept the forbidden romance between Jim Hicks and Beagle's daughter. The feud ends with the arbitrators themselves being run out of the ...
Carnival sharpshooters Powder-Horn Pete and Dead-Eye Dan are hired by the mountain-dwelling Hicks clan to eliminate their arch nemeses, the Beagles, with whom they have been carrying on a violent feud. Pete and Dan accept the offer, believing that they are expected to hunt for dogs. The fraudulent marksmen are unpleasantly surprised when the Beagles greet them with a barrage of gunfire, so they resort to other tactics until the families accept the forbidden romance between Jim Hicks and Beagle's daughter. The feud ends with the arbitrators themselves being run out of the valley.
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