Chuka (film)

Chuka
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGordon Douglas
Written byRichard Jessup
Rod Tayor (uncredited)
Based onnovel by Richard Jessup
Produced byJack Jason
Rod Taylor
StarringRod Taylor
Ernest Borgnine
John Mills
Luciana Paluzzi
Victoria Vetri
James Whitmore
Michael Cole
Joseph Sirola
CinematographyHarold E. Stine
Edited byRobert Wyman
Music byLeith Stevens
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
  • May 11, 1967 (1967-05-11) (Premiere)
  • July 23, 1967 (1967-07-23)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.7 million[1]
Box office14,545 admissions (France)[2]

Chuka is a 1967 American Western film starring Rod Taylor who also produced it and worked on the screenplay.[3] The film was directed by Gordon Douglas and is based on 1961 novel by Richard Jessup,[4] who also wrote the screenplay.[5]

  1. ^ Stephen Vagg, Rod Taylor: An Aussie in Hollywood, Bear Manor Media 2010 p 125
  2. ^ French box office for 1967 at Box Office Story
  3. ^ Rodtaylorsite.com
  4. ^ Broken Trails
  5. ^ pp.214-218 Herzberg, Bob Savages and Saints: The Changing Image of American Indians in Westerns 2008 McFarland

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