The Shooting

About The Shooting

Two miners agree to guide a mysterious woman, who has appeared in their camp from nowhere, to a nearby town; but soon, because of her erratic behavior, they begin to suspect that her true purpose is quite different.

The Shooting is a 1966 mystery western film directed by Monte Hellman. Released in June 1966, it runs 82 minutes.

The film is filed under male friendship, gunslinger, frontier town, and lost in the desert.

Warren Oates appears as Willett Gashade, Will Hutchins as Coley Boyard, Millie Perkins as Woman, and Jack Nicholson as Billy Spear. The screenplay is by Carole Eastman. Produced by Santa Clara Productions. American members can watch it on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Artiflix.

Rango and Silverado make useful companions to The Shooting. TMDB voters put it at 6.3 out of 10 across 145 votes.