# Force of Impulse

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Film directed by Saul Swimmer

Force of Impulse US film poster Directed by Saul Swimmer Screenplay by Francis Swann Story by Saul Swimmer Tony Anthony Adaptation: Richard N. Bernstein Produced by Peter Gayle Tony Anthony Starring Robert Alda J. Carrol Naish Tony Anthony Jeff Donnell Jody McCrea Lionel Hampton Brud Talbot Teri Hope Cinematography Clifford H. Poland Jr. Edited by Gene Milford Music by Joseph Liebman Production companies Gayle-Swimmer-Anthony Productions III Task Productions Distributed by Sutton Pictures Corporation Release date November 1, 1961 (1961-11-01) Running time 84 minutes Country United States Language English

***Force of Impulse*** is a 1961 American [drama film](/source/Drama_film) directed by [Saul Swimmer](/source/Saul_Swimmer) and starring [Robert Alda](/source/Robert_Alda), [Jeff Donnell](/source/Jeff_Donnell) and [J. Carrol Naish](/source/J._Carrol_Naish).[1] A [high school](/source/High_school) student robs his own father's grocery store in order to raise the money to take his girlfriend out.

## Plot

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## Cast

- [Robert Alda](/source/Robert_Alda) as Warren Reese

- [J. Carrol Naish](/source/J._Carrol_Naish) as Antonio Marino

- [Tony Anthony](/source/Tony_Anthony_(actor)) as Toby Marino

- [Jeff Donnell](/source/Jeff_Donnell) as Louise Reese

- [Jody McCrea](/source/Jody_McCrea) as Phil Anderson

- [Brud Talbot](/source/Bruce_Talbot) as George

- [Lionel Hampton](/source/Lionel_Hampton) as Himself

- [Christina Crawford](/source/Christina_Crawford) as Ann

- [Kathy Barr](/source/Kathy_Barr) as Kathy

- [Teri Hope](/source/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](/source/Popular_Library). The author was renowned crime and western novelist [Marvin H. Albert](/source/Marvin_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

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** McCarty p.192

## Bibliography

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

## External links

- [*Force of Impulse*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0132974/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

v t e Films by Tony Anthony Films written The Boy Who Owned a Melephant (1959) Force of Impulse (1961) The Stranger Returns (1967) The Silent Stranger (1968) Come Together (1971, also co-director) Blindman (1971) Pete, Pearl & the Pole (1973) Get Mean (1975) Comin' at Ya! (1981) Treasure of the Four Crowns (1983) As producer Let's Talk About Men (1965) Wild Orchid (1989) Honeymoon Academy (1989) Dollar for the Dead (1998)

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