Rough Night in Jericho (film)

Rough Night in Jericho
Directed by Arnold Laven
Produced by Martin Rackin
Written by Marvin H. Albert (novel and screenplay)
Sydney Boehm (screenplay)
Starring Dean Martin
George Peppard
Jean Simmons
John McIntire
Slim Pickens
Cinematography Russell Metty
Edited by Ted J. Kent
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release dates
 August 1, 1967
Running time
 104 minutes
Country  United States
Language English
Box office $1,750,000 (US/ Canada)[1]

Rough Night in Jericho is a 1967 western film starring Dean Martin, George Peppard and Jean Simmons, directed by Arnold Laven. It was based on the novel The Man in Black, written (in 1965) by Marvin H. Albert who also wrote the screenplay. The supporting cast includes John McIntire and Slim Pickens. This is the only film in which Dean Martin portrayed the villain.

Plot

A stagecoach bound for the town of Jericho is ambushed by Alex Flood, a lawman gone bad. Sharpshooting from a safe distance, Flood wounds the coach's driver, Ben Hickman, who is brought to town by the only passenger, a gambler named Dolan.

Hickman is a former Santa Fe lawman and Dolan was once his deputy. They now are partners in the stage line with Molly Lang, whom they have come to Jericho to meet. She was once Flood's lover when he came to Jericho to restore law and order, but now she hates the man who has seized power in the town.

Flood forms a lynch mob that hangs a man who dared confront one of his gang, then burns down the home of another townsman who tried to organize a secret meeting. While the wounded Hickman recovers from the gunshot, Dolan takes a liking to Molly and decides to help her when Flood's men try to take over her stagecoach line. He gets into a violent fight with Yarbrough, one of Flood's men.

Dolan begins to create havoc in Flood's empire, stealing his cattle and causing explosions at Flood's ranch and gold mine. He is assisted by Hickman and by Jace, the town's former sheriff. Flood returns to Jericho seeking revenge. He shoots Hickman in the back, killing him. Dolan sets out after Flood for a final showdown in the hills.

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References

  1. ↑ "Big Rental Films of 1967", Variety, 3 January 1968 p 25. Please note these figures refer to rentals accruing to the distributors.

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