Black Patch

Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Allen H. Miner
George Montgomery
Diane Brewster
Tom Pittman
Leo Gordon
House Peters Jr.
Film Details
Technical Specs

Synopsis
When the town marshall, a former Civil War veteran, is accused of murdering a former friend turned bank robber for the money, the township is thrown into a moral dilemma

Director
Allen H. Miner
Cast

George Montgomery
Diane Brewster
Tom Pittman
Leo Gordon
House Peters Jr.
George Trevino
Lynn Cartwright
Pete Brocco
Ted Jacques

Strother Martin
Gil Rankin
Ned Glass
John O'malley
Stanley Adams

Sebastian Cabot
Crew
Richard R. Batcheller
Byron R. Chudnow
John Chulay
Edward Colman
Verna H. Fields
Arthur Friedrich
Helen Gailey
Jerry Goldsmith
Leo Gordon
Maxwell O. Henry
Maxwell O. Henry
F. Bud Mautino
Hugh Mcdowell
Jack Mills
Allen H. Miner
George Montgomery
Gus Norin
John H. Post
Nicolai Remisoff
Lynn Stalmaster
Jerry Young

Film Details
Technical Specs

Quotes
Trivia
Notes
During the opening title sequence, which is superimposed over the inside of a player piano found in the character "Frenchy De'Vere's" saloon, names appear one at a time in different places on the screen. On the viewed print, many names were illegible; spelling in the above credits was completed using printed contemporary sources. Black Patch marked the first feature film of noted film and television composer Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004). Although their appearance in the film has not been confirmed, Hollywood Reporter news items add Bill Chaney and Michael Hinn to the cast.
The Daily Variety review described Black Patch as an "elongated mood piece" that "was supposed to break new trails in the field of the psychological western." The more favorable Hollywood Reporter review, which considered the film "an excellent western," lauded producer-director Allen H. Miner for his "taut, characters-in-depth presentation" concerned with "a subject that has never been adequately explored in the legendary chronicles of the west...how did the young badman go bad?"
