Shoot First

Original title: Rough Shoot

1953
Approved
1h 28m

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A retired U.S. Army Colonel living in England stumbles upon a spy ring when he shoots buckshot at a poacher during a hunt.A retired U.S. Army Colonel living in England stumbles upon a spy ring when he shoots buckshot at a poacher during a hunt.A retired U.S. Army Colonel living in England stumbles upon a spy ring when he shoots buckshot at a poacher during a hunt.

Director
- Robert Parrish
Writers
- Geoffrey Household
- Eric Ambler
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6.1/10

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Director
- Robert Parrish
Writers
- Geoffrey Household
- Eric Ambler
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
Shoot First (1953) (Rough Shoot) stars Joel McCrea in his only postwar non-Western role. The scenario is set in Cold War England when tensions ran high regarding spying.

Quotes
Sandorski: You know the time and the place. For the present that is all you need to know.
Taine: What I need to know is what I'm going to tell my wife.
Sandorski: Your wife? You tell your wife what any good husband should tell his wife in matters of importance - absolutely nothing.

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6/10

A fine 30's school-of-Hitchcock espionage thriller, but made in the 1950s.

Colin McGuigan gets this film exactly right: it's very Hitchcockian, and that is a compliment, but a throwback to Hitch in the 1930s, 10-20 years befoer this one was made in 1953. It's a very well made film, with a good story line and good actors, plus nice on-location shooting, but it looks and feels like it was made in the mid-late 1930s. If you just accept that, you will enjoy this tale of international intrigue. Joel McCrea gives a good, solid and believable performance to anchor the entire film; the villains are also believeably villainous, but not cartoonish; and Herbert Lom brightens up the proceedings whenever he is on screen.