Bill Foster

Bang -- BANG explores the de-evolution of the gun throughout American history. Expressed through a series of vignettes that take place in Baltimore, MD beginning in the late 18th century through the present day, BANG is a visual expression of the historic change.

After serving three years in prison for a bank robbery, Joe Dasco is released and reunited with his son. Together they both go looking for work in the Texas oil fields. Not being able to hold a steady honest job, Joe Dasco along with a few men that he befriends along the way attempt to kidnap an oil baron's son. The kidnapping fails and Joe Dasco is shot and killed. His son Joey is then left alone but inherits what his father fought and died for.

Danny Kaye stars as Ernie Williams, a timid U.S. soldier in World War II who bears a striking resemblance to a British colonel. When his commanders ask him to impersonate the man -- to deceive the enemy about his real activities -- Ernie complies. What his higher-ups don't tell Ernie is that he's also been targeted by assassins and that the colonel's mistress, Sgt. Stanhope (Diana Dors), is a Nazi agent.

After callous cattle baron Ed Sampson (George Macready) murders the father of young Joe Martin (Skip Homeier), aging gunslinger Clint Jones (John Carroll) takes it upon himself to track down Sampson and bring him to justice in this final release from Republic Studios. The talented veteran cast also includes Bea Benaderet (later of "Petticoat Junction" fame) and Corinne Calvet as a mail-order bride.

Three actors improvise a meditation on artifice and reality. Overlaid imagery and text extend and clarify their poetic visions.

After his wife dies in childbirth en route to California in 1870, Joel McCrea ("Sullivan's Travels," "Buffalo Bill") settles down in Oklahoma. He quickly finds trouble when he tries to protect an Indian woman caring for his baby from the two villains who are attempting to cheat her father out of his oil-rich land. With Emmy-winner Barbara Hale ("Perry Mason") and Brad Dexter ("The Magnificent Seven").

After his wife dies in childbirth en route to California in 1870, Joel McCrea ("Sullivan's Travels," "Buffalo Bill") settles down in Oklahoma. He quickly finds trouble when he tries to protect an Indian woman caring for his baby from the two villains who are attempting to cheat her father out of his oil-rich land. With Barbara Hale ("Perry Mason") and Brad Dexter ("The Magnificent Seven").

Set against the dramatic backdrop of Niagara Falls, Marilyn Monroe portrays Rose, a femme fatale possessing two of the most powerful weapons: an erotic body and an evil mind. Planning to murder her troubled husband (Joseph Cotton), Rose first uses her double edged sword to drive him the brink of total insanity. Then she seductively torments a series of stranger while her mysterious lover waits in the shadows. Vastily different from her often comedic roles. Marilyn's classic dramatic performance as this diabolical and scheming woman is at once fascination and frightening, painting a powerful portrait of human sexuality and passion.

Set against the dramatic backdrop of Niagara Falls, Marilyn Monroe portrays Rose, a femme fatale possessing two of the most powerful weapons: an erotic body and an evil mind. Planning to murder her troubled husband (Joseph Cotton), Rose first uses her double edged sword to drive him the brink of total insanity. Then she seductively torments a series of stranger while her mysterious lover waits in the shadows. Vastily different from her often comedic roles. Marilyn's classic dramatic performance as this diabolical and scheming woman is at once fascination and frightening, painting a powerful portrait of human sexuality and passion.