Force of Impulse

Force of Impulse is a 1961 American drama film directed by Saul Swimmer and starring Robert Alda, Jeff Donnell and J. Carrol Naish.^[1] A high school student robs his own father's grocery store in order to raise the money to take his girlfriend out.

Force of Impulse
US film poster
Directed by	Saul Swimmer
Screenplay by	Francis Swann
Story by	Saul Swimmer Tony Anthony Adaptation: Richard N. Bernstein
Produced by	Peter Gayle Tony Anthony
Starring	Robert Alda J. Carrol Naish Tony Anthony Jeff Donnell Jody McCrea Lionel Hampton Brud Talbot Teri Hope
Cinematography	Clifford H. Poland Jr.
Edited by	Gene Milford
Music by	Joseph Liebman
Production companies	Gayle-Swimmer-Anthony Productions III Task Productions
Distributed by	Sutton Pictures Corporation
Release date	November 1, 1961 (1961-11-01)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Cast

• Robert Alda as Warren Reese
• J. Carrol Naish as Antonio Marino
• Tony Anthony as Toby Marino
• Jeff Donnell as Louise Reese
• Jody McCrea as Phil Anderson
• Brud Talbot as George
• Lionel Hampton as Himself
• Christina Crawford as Ann
• Kathy Barr as Kathy
• Teri Hope as Bunny Reese
• Paul Daniel as Uncle Luigi

Novelization

Slightly in advance of the film's release, as was the custom of the era, a paperback novelization of the film was published by Popular Library. The author was renowned crime and western novelist Marvin H. Albert, who also made something of a cottage industry out of movie tie-ins. He seems to have been the most prolific screenplay novelizer of the late '50s through mid '60s, and, during that time, the preeminent specialist at light comedy.