Force of Impulse

{{Short description|Film directed by Saul Swimmer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Force of Impulse | image = File:Force of Impulse.jpg

| caption = US [[film poster]] | director = [[Saul Swimmer]] | screenplay = [[Francis Swann]] | story = Saul Swimmer [[Tony Anthony (actor)|Tony Anthony]] {{small|Adaptation:}} Richard N. Bernstein | producer = Peter Gayle Tony Anthony | starring = [[Robert Alda]] [[J. Carrol Naish]] Tony Anthony [[Jeff Donnell]] [[Jody McCrea]] [[Lionel Hampton]] [[Bruce Talbot|Brud Talbot]] [[Teri Hope]] | cinematography = Clifford H. Poland Jr. | editing = [[Gene Milford]] | music = Joseph Liebman | studio = Gayle-Swimmer-Anthony Productions III Task Productions | distributor = Sutton Pictures Corporation | released = {{Film date|1961|11|01}} | runtime = 84 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }} ''''' Force of Impulse''''' is a 1961 American [[drama film]] directed by [[Saul Swimmer]] and starring [[Robert Alda]], [[Jeff Donnell]] and [[J. Carrol Naish]].<ref>McCarty p.192</ref> A [[high school]] student robs his own father's grocery store in order to raise the money to take his girlfriend out.

==Plot== {{No plot|date=April 2021}}

==Cast== * [[Robert Alda]] as Warren Reese * [[J. Carrol Naish]] as Antonio Marino * [[Tony Anthony (actor)|Tony Anthony]] as Toby Marino * [[Jeff Donnell]] as Louise Reese * [[Jody McCrea]] as Phil Anderson * [[Bruce Talbot|Brud Talbot]] as George * [[Lionel Hampton]] as Himself * [[Christina Crawford]] as Ann * [[Kathy Barr]] as Kathy * [[Teri Hope]] as Bunny Reese * Paul Daniel as Uncle Luigi

==Novelization== Slightly in advance of the film's release, as was the custom of the era, a paperback novelization of the film was published by [[Popular Library]]. The author was renowned crime and western novelist [[Marvin Albert|Marvin H. Albert]], who also made something of a cottage industry out of movie tie-ins. He seems to have been the most prolific screenplay novelizer of the late '50s through mid '60s, and, during that time, the preeminent specialist at light comedy.

==References== <references/>

==Bibliography== * McCarty, Clifford. ''Film Composers in America: A Filmography, 1911-1970''. Oxford University Press, 2000.

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0132974}}

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