Someone is shooting the residents of a mountain resort town. Sheriff McNeill (Andy Griffith) must figure out the connection that links the victims and find the sniper before he (or she) kills again, and before the town council relieves him of duty.
Acting
Griffith's against-type grit surprises.
Production
Idaho resort locations look gorgeously bleak.
Director
Jud Taylor
Andy Griffith
Sheriff Sam McNeill
John Larch
Dr. Bill Hammond
Tim O'Connor
Bill Carter
Lawrence Pressman
Peter Lockhard
Eugene Roche
Mayor Clinton Bickford
Charles Tyner
Charley Eastman
Joyce Van Patten
Grace Lockhard
Sheree North
Betty
John Calvin
Deputy Jerry Troy
Louise Latham
Doris
Robert F. Simon
Harvey
Nick Nolte
Dave Michaels
Ruth McDevitt
Mildred Young
Walter Brooke
Ben
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Griffith's deliberate attempt to escape his wholesome image after eight years as Sheriff Taylor.
Shot at Sun Valley, Idaho — the same resort where Hemingway died, adding unintentional morbid resonance.
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