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Rough Shoot
Rough Shoot, released in the USA as Shoot First, is a 1953 British thriller film directed by Robert Parrish and written by Eric Ambler, based on the 1951 novel by Geoffrey Household. The film stars Joel McCrea, in his only postwar non-Western role, with Evelyn Keyes as the leading lady, and featuring Herbert Lom, Marius Goring and Roland Culver. The scenario is set in Cold War England when tensions ran high regarding spying.
A U.S. Army colonel Robert Taine living in the English countryside shoots at a man he takes to be a poacher on Taine's rented property in Dorset.
The man named Reimann, has been mortally wounded but Robert is unaware that a foreign spy named Hiart simultaneously shot Reimann. Believing he has killed the poacher, Robert hides Reimann's body under a shrub. Robert encounters Hiart and his driver, Diss looking for the body.
Later that night, Hiart's colleague, Magda Hassingham, discusses the incident with him. Magda's drunkard husband, the major landowner in the area, is ignorant of her involvement with enemy agents.
Intending to bury Reimann the next day, Robert finds Peter Sandorski, a Polish operative for British military intelligence. Sandorski enlists his help with a secret operation to foil a gang out to steal atomic secrets. British Colonel Cartwright introduces Robert and his wife Cecily to government official Randall who confirms Sandorski's identity and story and instructs Robert to cooperate with Sandorski.
When Randall leaves, Robert confesses to Cecily he has accidentally killed a man. Cecily insists on accompanying her husband and Sandorski to a nearby field where an enemy agent is expected to land an aircraft. While Cecily stays in the car, Robert and Sandorski see Hiart, Magda and their assistants arrange landing beacons.
When he overhears that the agent, identified as Lex, will only be in town for 48 hours, Sandorski decides to capture him. By moving a beacon, the landing is disrupted, allowing Sandorski who is impersonating Hiart to grab the spy. Sandorski tosses grenades so they cannot be followed.
While Robert and Cecily impersonate the Hassinghams, Sandorski drugs Lex so he will sleep. The next morning police discover Reimann's body. Diss, meanwhile, attempts to locate Lex and learns about Robert and Cecily's unusual houseguests from their housekeeper's son, Tommy Powell (Robert Dickens). After police inspectors Matthews of Dorchester and Sullivan of Scotland Yard question Robert and take one of his boots to compare to the prints found near Reimann's body. Robert insists they all leave for London, where Lex has a meeting.
Rough Shoot
Rough Shoot, released in the USA as Shoot First, is a 1953 British thriller film directed by Robert Parrish and written by Eric Ambler, based on the 1951 novel by Geoffrey Household. The film stars Joel McCrea, in his only postwar non-Western role, with Evelyn Keyes as the leading lady, and featuring Herbert Lom, Marius Goring and Roland Culver. The scenario is set in Cold War England when tensions ran high regarding spying.
A U.S. Army colonel Robert Taine living in the English countryside shoots at a man he takes to be a poacher on Taine's rented property in Dorset.
The man named Reimann, has been mortally wounded but Robert is unaware that a foreign spy named Hiart simultaneously shot Reimann. Believing he has killed the poacher, Robert hides Reimann's body under a shrub. Robert encounters Hiart and his driver, Diss looking for the body.
Later that night, Hiart's colleague, Magda Hassingham, discusses the incident with him. Magda's drunkard husband, the major landowner in the area, is ignorant of her involvement with enemy agents.
Intending to bury Reimann the next day, Robert finds Peter Sandorski, a Polish operative for British military intelligence. Sandorski enlists his help with a secret operation to foil a gang out to steal atomic secrets. British Colonel Cartwright introduces Robert and his wife Cecily to government official Randall who confirms Sandorski's identity and story and instructs Robert to cooperate with Sandorski.
When Randall leaves, Robert confesses to Cecily he has accidentally killed a man. Cecily insists on accompanying her husband and Sandorski to a nearby field where an enemy agent is expected to land an aircraft. While Cecily stays in the car, Robert and Sandorski see Hiart, Magda and their assistants arrange landing beacons.
When he overhears that the agent, identified as Lex, will only be in town for 48 hours, Sandorski decides to capture him. By moving a beacon, the landing is disrupted, allowing Sandorski who is impersonating Hiart to grab the spy. Sandorski tosses grenades so they cannot be followed.
While Robert and Cecily impersonate the Hassinghams, Sandorski drugs Lex so he will sleep. The next morning police discover Reimann's body. Diss, meanwhile, attempts to locate Lex and learns about Robert and Cecily's unusual houseguests from their housekeeper's son, Tommy Powell (Robert Dickens). After police inspectors Matthews of Dorchester and Sullivan of Scotland Yard question Robert and take one of his boots to compare to the prints found near Reimann's body. Robert insists they all leave for London, where Lex has a meeting.