The McMasters

The McMasters
Directed by	Alf Kjellin
Produced by	Monroe Sachson
Screenplay by	Harold Jacob Smith
Starring	Burl Ives; Brock Peters; David Carradine; Nancy Kwan
Music by	Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
Cinematography	Lester Shorr
Edited by	Melvin Shapiro
Production; company	Distrifilm SA; JayJen Productions
Distributed by	Chevron Pictures
Release date	August 7, 1970 (New York City); December 23, 1970 (Los Angeles);
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The McMasters is a 1970 American Color Western film directed by Alf Kjellin and starring Burl Ives, Brock Peters, David Carradine and Nancy Kwan.

Producer Monroe Sachson had made The Incident with Brock Peters and the two were looking around for another film to make together. The budget was around $2 million.[1] The film was shot in New Mexico.[2]

The film was cut by the US distributors, Chevron Pictures, and Peters, the writer and producer asked to have their names removed from the film.[3] Ultimately, two versions of the film were released. For its NYC debut, it played in two different theatres, one showing the cut version, the other showing the director's cut.

Cast

Burl Ives – McMasters
Brock Peters – Benjie
David Carradine – White Feather
Nancy Kwan – Robin
Jack Palance – Kolby
Dane Clark – Spencer
John Carradine – Preacher
L. Q. Jones – Russell
R. G. Armstrong – Watson
Alan Vint – Hank

Novelization

Concurrent with the release of the film, Award Books published a novelization of the screenplay by Dudley Dean McGaughey under his primary by-line, Dean Owen.

References

Briggs, Walter. (Apr 13, 1969). "Movies: An International Film Effort in New Mexico". Los Angeles Times. p. s17.
Kimmis Hendrick (May 12, 1969). "Making a western with overtones of now: 'Kind of frightening' Born a slave". The Christian Science Monitor. p. 4.
Kilday, Gregg (Sep 1, 1970). "DISAGREE WITH EDITING: Principals Disown New Film". Los Angeles Times. p. g13.

External links

The McMasters at IMDb
The McMasters at the TCM Movie Database

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[1] Briggs, Walter. (Apr 13, 1969). "Movies: An International Film Effort in New Mexico". Los Angeles Times. p. s17.

[2] Kimmis Hendrick (May 12, 1969). "Making a western with overtones of now: 'Kind of frightening' Born a slave". The Christian Science Monitor. p. 4.

[3] Kilday, Gregg (Sep 1, 1970). "DISAGREE WITH EDITING: Principals Disown New Film". Los Angeles Times. p. g13.