Producer Monroe Sachson had made The Incident with Brock Peters and the two were looking around for another film to make together. The budget was around $2 million.[1] The film was shot in New Mexico.[2]
The film was cut by the US distributors, Chevron Pictures, and Peters, the writer and producer asked to have their names removed from the film.[3] Ultimately, two versions of the film were released. For its NYC debut, it played in two different theatres, one showing the cut version, the other showing the director's cut.
An ex-slave is given half-ownership of a farm following the Civil War. He can't find anyone to work for him until Native Americans help. Bigots try to shut him down.
Concurrent with the release of the film, Award Books published a novelization of the screenplay by Dudley Dean McGaughey under his primary by-line, Dean Owen.
Referencesedit
^Briggs, Walter. (April 13, 1969). "Movies: An International Film Effort in New Mexico". Los Angeles Times. p. s17.
^Kimmis Hendrick (May 12, 1969). "Making a western with overtones of now: 'Kind of frightening' Born a slave". The Christian Science Monitor. p. 4.
^Kilday, Gregg (September 1, 1970). "DISAGREE WITH EDITING: Principals Disown New Film". Los Angeles Times. p. g13.
mcmasters, 1970, american, western, film, directed, kjellin, starring, burl, ives, brock, peters, david, carradine, nancy, kwan, directed, byalf, kjellinscreenplay, byharold, jacob, smithproduced, bymonroe, sachsondimitri, grunwaldstarringburl, ivesbrock, pete. The McMasters is a 1970 American Western film directed by Alf Kjellin and starring Burl Ives Brock Peters David Carradine and Nancy Kwan The McMastersDirected byAlf KjellinScreenplay byHarold Jacob SmithProduced byMonroe SachsonDimitri de GrunwaldStarringBurl IvesBrock PetersDavid CarradineNancy KwanCinematographyLester ShorrEdited byMelvin ShapiroMusic byColeridge Taylor PerkinsonProductioncompaniesDistrifilm SAJayJen ProductionsDistributed byChevron PicturesRelease datesAugust 7 1970 1970 08 07 New York City December 23 1970 1970 12 23 Los Angeles Running time90 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish Producer Monroe Sachson had made The Incident with Brock Peters and the two were looking around for another film to make together The budget was around 2 million 1 The film was shot in New Mexico 2 The film was cut by the US distributors Chevron Pictures and Peters the writer and producer asked to have their names removed from the film 3 Ultimately two versions of the film were released For its NYC debut it played in two different theatres one showing the cut version the other showing the director s cut Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Novelization 4 References 5 External linksPlot editAn ex slave is given half ownership of a farm following the Civil War He can t find anyone to work for him until Native Americans help Bigots try to shut him down Cast editBurl Ives as McMasters Brock Peters as Benjie David Carradine as White Feather Nancy Kwan as Robin Jack Palance as Kolby Dane Clark as Spencer John Carradine as Preacher L Q Jones as Russell R G Armstrong as Watson Alan Vint as HankNovelization editConcurrent with the release of the film Award Books published a novelization of the screenplay by Dudley Dean McGaughey under his primary by line Dean Owen References edit Briggs Walter April 13 1969 Movies An International Film Effort in New Mexico Los Angeles Times p s17 Kimmis Hendrick May 12 1969 Making a western with overtones of now Kind of frightening Born a slave The Christian Science Monitor p 4 Kilday Gregg September 1 1970 DISAGREE WITH EDITING Principals Disown New Film Los Angeles Times p g13 External links editThe McMasters at IMDb nbsp The McMasters at the TCM Movie Database nbsp This 1970s Western film related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article related to an American film of the 1970s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The McMasters amp oldid 1218236317, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
