Top Ten Contributors - Shoot to Kill (1947)
by milam_ogden | created - 23 May 2015 | updated - 23 May 2015 | PublicI previewed this mediocre film noir on Wednesday. It is part of a 50 movie set entitled "Dark Crimes" produced by Mill Creek Entertainment. Here are the ten contributors that brought this film to the screen. It is ironic that none of the top 10 contributors have their picture in the IMDb.
1. William Berke
Director | Rolling Home
American director of 1940s and '50s second features, mainly westerns (often starring Charles Starrett) and crime and jungle dramas for Republic, Columbia and Pine-Thomas Productions. A graduate of Los Angeles Polytechnic High School, Berke worked his way up the ladder from office boy to assistant ...
asked by Robert Lippert productions to direct
2. Edwin V. Westrate
Writer | Women in the Night
Edwin V. Westrate was born on June 5, 1894 in Muscatine, Iowa, USA. He was a writer, known for Women in the Night (1948), Shoot to Kill (1947) and Prison Farm (1938). He died on November 26, 1955 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.
3. Benjamin H. Kline
Cinematographer | Guard That Girl
Benjamin H. Kline was born on July 11, 1894 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Guard That Girl (1935), The Party's Over (1934) and Troopers Three (1930). He was married to Annette Halprin. He died on January 7, 1974 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, ...
cinematographer
4. David Chudnow
Music_department | State Department: File 649
David Chudnow was born on June 29, 1902 in Russia. He was a composer and producer, known for State Department: File 649 (1949), Half Past Midnight (1948) and Sky Liner (1949). He died on April 8, 2002 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.
musical supervisor for the movie
5. Russell Wade
Actor | The Body Snatcher
Russell Wade was born on June 21, 1917 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor, known for The Body Snatcher (1945), Shoot to Kill (1947) and Sundown Riders (1944). He was married to Janie. He died on December 9, 2006 in Riverside, California, USA.
played lead role of George Mitchell
6. Luana Walters
Actress | The Corpse Vanishes
Shapely film brunette Luana Walters was one of film western's more sensual prairie flowers during the late 30s and early 40s. She was certainly one of the more decorative distractions in between all those cowboy heroics displayed by her co-stars: Gene Autry, Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Charles Starrett ...
played lead role of Marian Langdon
7. Edmund MacDonald
Actor | Detour
Edmund MacDonald was born on May 7, 1908 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Detour (1945), Hangmen Also Die! (1943) and Great Guns (1941). He was married to Augusta. He died on September 2, 1951 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
plays role of Lawrence Dale
8. Robert Kent
Actor | Blonde Comet
A former professional prizefighter, Robert Kent entered films after gaining experience on the legitimate stage. His career consisted mostly of playing leads in "B" pictures. His "biggest" picture was probably The Country Girl (1954), in which he was billed eighth, but he specialized in westerns, ...
plays role of Dixie Logan
9. Vince Barnett
Actor | Scarface
Former vaudevillian, who acquired a solid reputation as a practical joker and master of insult, second only to the great Groucho Marx. Celebrity hosts would often hire Vince to perform gags and put-on jokes at their lavish parties, where he would insult the guests and create mayhem in his wake. He ...
played role of Charlie Gill
10. Charles Trowbridge
Actor | The Paleface
This veteran character and his younger brother, western actor Jack Rockwell, were born to American parents south of the border in Vera Cruz, Mexico in 1882. Charles Trowbridge was educated in Napa, California and Hawaii, then studied for his degree at Stanford University. He forsook a thriving ...
plays DA John Forsythe
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