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A Time for Killing (1967) was a Western Film directed by Roger Corman and Phil Karlson and produced by Harry Joe Brown.

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Pic of the Day: “A Time for Killing” revisited

By Marisa on Jul 3, 2015 From The Timothy Carey Experience

Ending the week and kicking off the Fourth of July weekend here in the US is another look at Billy Cat, the “Yankee from Missourah” of Phil Karlson‘s Civil War melodrama A Time for Killing (1967). Compare this to the iconic shot of Nikki Arano aiming at the racehorse from The Killi... Read full article


Pic of the Day: “A Time for Killing” revisited

By Marisa on Sep 12, 2014 From The Timothy Carey Experience

Ending the week is another look at Phil Karlson‘s A Time for Killing (1967), the Civil War melodrama starring Glenn Ford. Billy Cat, “the Yankee from Missourah,” barks out some orders while Lt. Shaffer (Harrison Ford in his first credited screen role) looks confused and Col. Harrie... Read full article


Video of the Week: “A Time for Killing”

By Marisa on Jun 11, 2014 From The Timothy Carey Experience

This week’s video is another clip (it says trailer, but it isn’t) from A Time for Killing (1967), the gritty Civil War drama directed by Phil Karlson and an uncredited Roger Corman. This one pretty much picks up where the previous clip I’ve posted here ends. Timothy actually has so... Read full article


Pic of the Day: “A Time for Killing” (2)

By Marisa on Jan 21, 2014 From The Timothy Carey Experience

Our pic today revisits Billy Cat, the “Yankee from Missourah” of Phil Karlson‘s Civil War drama A Time for Killing (1967). Billy has hit his mark, and he’s pretty happy about it. If you have the Encore Westerns channel, you can catch this entertaining potboiler there tomorro... Read full article


Pic of the Day: “A Time for Killing” revisited (3)

By Marisa on Jul 30, 2013 From The Timothy Carey Experience

Our pic today revisits A Time for Killing (1967), the Civil War drama directed by Phil Karlson (taking over for Roger Corman). Timothy’s Union soldier Billy Cat awaits orders from a slightly nervous Lt. Shaffer, played by some youngster named Harrison Ford. Whatever happened to him anyway? I ... Read full article


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[as the cavalry detail approaches the cantina, several Mexican prostitutes meet them on the porch excitedly trying in Spanish to tell them of the trouble the Confederates have caused - one of them approaches Major Wolcott directly]
Maj. Tom Wolcott: What does she want?
Sgt. Cleehan: Sir, they're women... more or less. I don't think they know.


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First credited film role of Harrison Ford.
Harry Joe Brown wrote a personal check to Columbia Pictures for $1,000,000 to cover the costs of going over budget.
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Also directed by Phil Karlson




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