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Directed by | Kirk Douglas |
Produced by | Kirk Douglas Phil Feldman |
Written by | Christopher Knopf William Roberts |
Starring | Kirk Douglas Bruce Dern Bo Hopkins James Stacy Luke Askew David Canary |
Music by | Maurice Jarre |
Cinematography | Fred J. Koenekamp |
Editing by | John W. Wheeler |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date(s) | 1975 |
Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Posse is a 1975 Western film, produced by, directed by and starring Kirk Douglas. The screenplay was written by Christopher Knopf and William Roberts. The plot centers on a U.S. marshal with political ambitions leading an elite posse in pursuit of a notorious bank robber to further his political career. The film premiered in New York City on June 4, 1975, and in June the same year in Berlin at the 25th Berlin International Film Festival, where Douglas also was nominated for the Golden Bear.[1]
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The film's plot centers on Howard Nightingale (Kirk Douglas), a U.S. marshal who leads an elite uniformed posse to track down and capture the infamous bank robber Jack Strawhorn (Bruce Dern), in an effort to further his political career when running for United States Senator. Nightingale is successful, however, Strawhorn disrupts his plans when he kidnaps Nightingale and holds him hostage. Before long he demands a ransom of $40,000 from the posse for Nightingale's safe return—the same amount of money that the posse burned when tracking Strawhorn down and killing his gang. In order to raise the money, Nightingale's posse have to rob the town of all its money, thus turning the public against Nightingale.