A Time for Killing is a 1967 Western film directed originally by Roger Corman but finished by Phil Karlson.
[4] During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers escape from a Union prison and head for the Mexican border.
Keeping the message a secret, the captain has his men go on and they soon find themselves in a battle with the Union search party who also is unaware of the war's end.
By the end of 1964, Roger Corman was one of the most successful low-budget filmmakers in Hollywood, mostly working for American International Pictures.
"[2] Corman says the ideas he submitted to Columbia were a biopic of Baron von Richthofen, a story of the St Valentine's Day Massacre and an adaptation of Only Lovers Left Alive.
[9]) In June 1965 the title of The Southern Blade was change to The Long Way Home.
[2] Corman had the script rewritten by Robert Towne with whom he had collaborated a number of times, most recently on The Tomb of Ligeia (1965).
However he was impressed by Towne's writing, and later hired the writer to do uncredited work on the script for Bonnie and Clyde, which led to a long collaboration between the men.
[20] By the end of the month, Corman had left the project and been replaced by Phil Karlson.
Roger, we want something to be on the film, We don’t need this fast kind of attitude that you’ve had in the past.
[24]Parts of the film were shot in Zion, Glen Canyon, Kanab movie fort, Paria, and the Coral Pink Sand Dunes in Utah.
"[26] Another article in the same magazine argued that the experience may have influenced Columbia into being more "hands off" when dealing with the independent production company, BBS Productions, "and were rewarded by the huge success of Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces and The Last Picture Show (all made by alumni from the school of Roger Corman).
Though producers Harry Joe Brown, Jonie Taps and Columbia's Mike Frankovich were enthusiastic about Alexander's score, once the film was met with a disastrous reception at a preview it was decided to restore the film with a guitar score by Mundell Lowe.