The Big Killing

The Big Killing

60 mins | Comedy | July 1, 1928

The Beagles and the Hickses are two mountain families that have been feuding all their lives. The Hickses come up with a plan to get rid of their enemies once and for all by hiring two sharpshooters to finish them off. Turns out that the "sharpshooters" aren't quite all they're cracked up to be, resulting in some unintended consequences.

The Big Killing

60 mins | Comedy | July 1, 1928

The Big Killing
The Beagles and the Hickses are two mountain families that have been feuding all their lives. The Hickses come up with a plan to get rid of their enemies once and for all by hiring two sharpshooters to finish them off. Turns out that the "sharpshooters" aren't quite all they're cracked up to be, resulting in some unintended consequences.
Producers Paramount
Original title The Big Killing
Directors F. Richard Jones
Writers Gilbert Pratt, Frank Butler, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Grover Jones

Cast

Wallace Beery

as Powderhorn Pete

Raymond Hatton

as Deadeye Dan

Anders Randolf

as Old Man Beagle

Mary Brian

as Mary Beagle - Old Man Beagle's Daughter

Gardner James

as Jim Hicks

Lane Chandler

as George Hicks

Paul McAllister

as Old Man Hicks

Jim Mason

as First Beagle Son (as James Mason)

Ralph Yearsley

as Second Beagle Son

Ethan Laidlaw

as Third Beagle Son

Leo Willis

as Fourth Beagle Son

Buck Moulton

as Fifth Beagle Son

Bob Kortman

as Sixth Beagle Son

Walter James

as Sheriff

Tiny Ward

as Barker