The Whip Hand
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| Directed by | William Cameron Menzies Stuart Gilmore (fill-in)[1] |
| Screenplay by | George Bricker Frank L. Moss Curt Siodmak (uncredited)[1] |
| Story by | Roy Hamilton |
| Produced by | Lewis Rachmil |
| Starring | Carla Balenda Elliott Reid |
| Cinematography | Nicholas Musuraca |
| Edited by | Robert Golden |
| Music by | Paul Sawtell |
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| Distributed by | RKO Pictures |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Template:Pluralize from text | United States |
| Template:Pluralize from text | English |
| Budget | $376,000[2] |
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The Whip Hand is a 1951 American film directed by William Cameron Menzies and starring Carla Balenda and Elliott Reid.[3]
Plot
Journalist Matt Corbin is traveling through Wisconsin on a fishing trip and discovers a nearly deserted town where the few inhabitants are secretive and hostile. A shifty lodge owner named Steve Loomis warns Matt away, claiming that all of the region's fish mysteriously died years ago. The story makes Matt more curious, and his investigation uncovers a Soviet plot to poison the American water supply. He now must return to the city alive.
Cast
Production
In July 1949, RKO Pictures purchased the story written by Roy Hamilton. The film was originally set in New England and was titled The Man He Found. The term "the whip hand" is a horse racing metaphor for having the advantage or upper hand.[1] In the original draft of the film, the villains were escaped German Nazis involved in a plot to hide Adolf Hitler, portrayed by Bobby Watson. However, when studio chief Howard Hughes viewed the completed film in November 1950, he ordered portions of the film reshot because the communists had replaced the Nazis as the world's greatest villains.[1][4]
Location shooting took place at Big Bear Lake as well as at the RKO ranch in Encino.[citation needed]
The film lost an estimated $225,000.[2][1]
Reception
In The Philadelphia Inquirer, critic Mildred Martin called the film a "hare-brained melodrama".[5]
References
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- ^ a b c d e f The Whip Hand at the AFI Catalog of Feature FilmsTemplate:EditAtWikidata
- ^ a b Jewell, Richard and Marton, Vernon (1982) The RKO Story. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House. p.260
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Whip Hand (1951) - William Cameron Menzies - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Weaver, Tom (July 30, 2005). Earth vs. the Sci-Fi Filmmakers: 20 Interviews. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 325. ISBN 978-0786422104.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Martin, Mildred (December 20, 1951). "'Slaughter Trail' and 'The Whip Hand' at Midtown". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 29.
External links
- The Whip Hand at IMDbTemplate:Edit at Wikidata
- The Whip Hand at the TCM Movie Database (archived)Template:Edit at Wikidata
- The Whip Hand at the AFI Catalog of Feature FilmsTemplate:EditAtWikidata
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