Posse (1975 film)

Infobox Film
name = Posse


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director = Kirk Douglas
producer = Kirk Douglas Phil Feldman
writer = Christopher Knopf William Roberts
starring = Kirk Douglas Bruce Dern Bo Hopkins James Stacy Luke Askew David Canary
music = Maurice Jarre
cinematography = Fred J. Koenekamp
editing = John W. Wheeler
distributor = Paramount Pictures
released = 1975
runtime = 92 mins
country = flagicon|USA USA
language = English
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amg_id = 1:38820
imdb_id = 0073559
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"Posse" is a 1975 Western film, produced by, directed by and starring Kirk Douglas. The screenplay was written by Christopher Knopf and William Roberts. The plot centres around a U.S. marshal with political ambitions leading an elite posse in pursuit of a notorious bank robber to further his political career. The film premiered in New York City on June 4, 1975, and in June the same year in Berlin at the Berlin International Film Festival, where Douglas also was nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear.

tory

The film's plot centres around Howard Nightingale (Kirk Douglas), a U.S. marshal who leads an elite posse to track down and capture the infamous bank robber Jack Strawhorn (Bruce Dern), in an effort to further his political career when running for senator. Nightingale is successful, however, Strawhorn throws a spanner in the works when he kidnaps Nightingale and holds him hostage. Before long he demands a ransom of $40,000 from the posse for Nightingale's safe return—the same amount of money that the posse burned when tracking Strawhorn down and killing his gang. In order to raise the money, Nightingale's posse have to rob the town of all its money, thus turning the public against Nightingale.

Cast

* Kirk Douglas as "Marshal Howard Nightingale"
* Bruce Dern as "Jack Strawhorn"
* Bo Hopkins as "Wesley"
* James Stacy as "Hellman"
* Luke Askew as "Krag"
* David Canary as "Pensteman"
* Alfonso Arau as "Peppe"
* Katherine Woodville as "Mrs. Cooper"
* Mark Roberts as "Mr. Cooper"
* Dick O'Neill as "Wiley"
* Melody Thomas as "Laurie"

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