{{Short description|1968 film by Bruce Kessler}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = Killers Three | image = File:Killers Three.jpg | caption = | director = Bruce Kessler | writer = Dick Clark <br> Michael Fisher | producer = Jack Bohrer <br> Dick Clark <br> Norman T. Herman | starring = Robert Walker <br> Diane Varsi <br> Dick Clark <br> Maureen Arthur | narrator = | cinematography = J. Burgi Contner <br> Paul Hunt | editing = Renn Reynolds | music = Mike Curb <br> Harley Hatcher <br> Jerry Styner | studio = Dick Clark Productions | distributor = American International Pictures | released = {{Film date|1968|11}} | runtime = 88 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Killers Three''''' is an American crime drama film produced in 1968 by Dick Clark Productions and released by American International Pictures starring Robert Walker Jr., Diane Varsi and Dick Clark. Others in the cast include Norman Alden, Maureen Arthur, Merle Haggard and Bonnie Owens.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ae10cac|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119054708/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ae10cac|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 19, 2021|title=Killers Three (1968)|website=BFI}}</ref>
This western crime drama was written for the screen by Dick Clark and Michael Fisher. It was produced by Clark and directed by Bruce Kessler.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/killers-three-v97729/cast-crew|title=Killers Three (1969) - Bruce Kessler | Cast and Crew|website=AllMovie|access-date=2019-09-08|archive-date=2024-05-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527032754/https://www.allmovie.com/movie/killers-three-vm1065514|url-status=live}}</ref>
The soundtrack-album featured country singers Merle Haggard, Bonnie Owens, Kay Adams and Jack Clement. Haggard sings his own compositions including "Mama Tried".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/killers-three-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-mw0002541643|title=Killers Three [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|access-date=2019-09-08|archive-date=2021-12-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213152513/https://www.allmusic.com/album/killers-three-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-mw0002541643|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Plot== Johnny Warder gets out of prison and returns to North Carolina to marry sweetheart Carol, with whom he has a five-year-old son. Johnny and Carol decide to rob a local bootlegger's safe during a town picnic. Their accomplice is Roger, a former Army buddy of Johnny's with knowledge of explosives.
They blow the safe to get at the $250,000 inside, but the job goes awry. During their escape, Johnny and Roger kill a law-enforcement official.
At a diner, a state trooper, Carol's brother Charlie, spots the fugitives. In deference to his sister, Charlie agrees to give them a 10-minute head start before he contacts his fellow lawmen. But when emerging from a restroom, Roger doesn't realize who Charlie is and shoots him dead.
The police eventually surround the gang at a sawmill. During a shootout, Roger is killed. Johnny and Carol drive off in a hail of bullets, and Carol is also killed. Johnny drives her body back to her mother and son.
==Cast== * Robert Walker Jr. as Johnny Warder * Diane Varsi as Carol * Dick Clark as Roger * Norman Alden as Guthrie * Maureen Arthur as Elvira Sweeney * Merle Haggard as Charlie * Bonnie Owens as Singer
== Production ==
Much of the movie was filmed in Ramseur, North Carolina, with additional scenes shot in Coleridge.<ref>{{cite news| last = Elliot| first = Harvey| title = Heat, Insects Greet Clark| newspaper = The Daily Tar Heel| page = 6| date = June 20, 1968| url = https://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073228/1968-06-20/ed-1/seq-6/| access-date = 2021-02-26}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0063184|Killers Three}}
Category:1968 American films Category:1960s crime thriller films Category:1968 English-language films Category:1968 crime drama films Category:1968 films Category:American crime drama films Category:American crime thriller films Category:American International Pictures films Category:English-language crime drama films Category:Films directed by Bruce Kessler Category:Films scored by Jerry Styner Category:English-language crime thriller films
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