---
title: 'Rough Shoot (1953)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Robert Parrish'
released: '1953-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 88
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Thriller'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/rough-shoot-1953'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046307/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Rough Shoot (1953)

1953 · 88 min · Drama, Thriller, Crime · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Robert Parrish](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-parrish)
- **Screenplay:** [Eric Ambler](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-ambler)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hans May](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-may)
- **Producer:** [Raymond Stross](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-stross)
- **Director of Photography:** [Stanley Pavey](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-pavey)

## Cast

- [Powys Thomas](https://cinepixo.com/people/powys-thomas)
- [Laurence Naismith](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-naismith)
- [Joel McCrea](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-mccrea)
- [Herbert Lom](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-lom)
- [Roland Culver](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-culver)
- [Joan Hickson](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-hickson)
- [Patricia Laffan](https://cinepixo.com/people/patricia-laffan)
- [Evelyn Keyes](https://cinepixo.com/people/evelyn-keyes)
- [Cyril Raymond](https://cinepixo.com/people/cyril-raymond)
- [Frank Lawton](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-lawton)
- [Karel Štěpánek](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-stepanek)
- [Megs Jenkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/megs-jenkins)
- [Marius Goring](https://cinepixo.com/people/marius-goring)

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