Ring of Fear (film)

Ring of Fear
Original film poster
Directed byJames Edward Grant
William A. Wellman
Written byPaul Fix
Philip MacDonald
James Edward Grant
Mickey Spillane
Produced byRobert Fellows
D. Ross Lederman
John Wayne
StarringClyde Beatty
Mickey Spillane
Pat O'Brien
CinematographyEdwin B. DuPar
Edited byFred MacDowell
Music byArthur Lange
Emil Newman
Production
company
Wayne-Fellows Productions
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • July 2, 1954 (1954-07-02)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.8 million[1]

Ring of Fear is a 1954 American film noir directed by James Edward Grant and starring Clyde Beatty and Mickey Spillane as themselves.[2] The cast also featured Pat O'Brien, Sean McClory and Marian Carr. Additional scenes were directed by William A. Wellman. It was shot in CinemaScope and Warnercolor. It was designed partly to take advantage of the popular success of the Mike Hammer adaptations produced by Victor Saville for United Artists.[3]

Plot

With a deranged killer on the loose in his circus, lion tamer Beatty calls in mystery writer Spillane to solve the case.

Cast

References

  1. ^ "1954 Box Office Champs". Variety Weekly. January 5, 1955. p. 59. - figures are rentals in the US and Canada
  2. ^ Collins & Traylor p.37
  3. ^ Collins & Traylor p.37

Bibliography

  • Collins, Max Allan & Traylor, James L. Mickey Spillane on Screen: A Complete Study of the Television and Film Adaptations. McFarland, 2018.

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