Rough Shoot (1953)

Name: Rough Shoot
Director: Robert Parrish
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Released: 1953-03-30
Duration: 1 h 28 min
Cast: Joel McCrea, Evelyn Keyes, Herbert Lom, Roland Culver

Crime Thriller

Director: Robert Parrish

Cast: Joel McCrea, Evelyn Keyes, Herbert Lom, Roland Culver

Runtime88 min

RatingNR

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An American military officer and his wife move to a cottage in what they think is the peaceful English countryside, only to discover the area is a hotbed of spies and secret agents.

Critical Reception & Ratings

Rough Shoot (1953), directed by Robert Parrish, is a crime thriller that follows an American military officer and his wife as they discover their seemingly peaceful English countryside home is actually a hotbed of spies and secret agents. While not a critically acclaimed film, it has garnered a respectable audience reception, currently holding a 6.4/10 rating on IMDb.

About

Rough Shoot, released in the USA as Shoot First, is a 1953 British thriller film directed by Robert Parrish and written by Eric Ambler, based on the 1951 novel by Geoffrey Household. The film stars Joel McCrea, in his only postwar non-Western role, with Evelyn Keyes as the leading lady, and featuring Herbert Lom, Marius Goring and Roland Culver. The scenario is set in Cold War England when tensions ran high regarding spying.