The Houston Story (1956)
Terror Over Texas!
A Texas oil driller schemes to steal millions of dollars in oil.
- Date of release
- 1956-02-01
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Director
- William Castle
Casting
- Gene Barry — Frank Duncan
- Barbara Hale — Zoe Crane
- Edward Arnold — Paul Atlas
- Paul Richards — Gordon Shay
- Jeanne Cooper — Madge
- Frank Jenks — Louie Phelan
- John Zaremba — Emile Constant
- Chris Alcaide — Chris Barker
- Jack Littlefield — Willie Lucas (as Jack V. Littlefield)
- Paul Levitt — Duke
- Fred Krone — Marsh
- Pete Kellett — Kalo
Interesting facts
The Houston Story is a 1956 American crime film noir directed by William Castle and starring Gene Barry, Barbara Hale and Edward Arnold. It was produced by Sam Katzman for distribution by Columbia Pictures.
Production
The film went through a major casting change while in production on location in Houston. Originally set for the lead role was acclaimed character actor Lee J. Cobb. But Cobb suffered a heart attack on May 8 after filming an exhausting fight sequence, in part due to the heat in Texas, where the scene was shot. Cobb was not able to work for the three more days of location scenes on the schedule.
Cobb's part had to be recast and according to Castle, producer Sam Katzman "insisted on a relatively new actor in pictures - Gene Barry, a fine actor, but as unlike Lee J. Cobb as anyone could be."
Castle says footage of himself and Cobb remains in the final film.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Palmentola.
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