Rocky
Directed by	Phil Karlson
Written by	Jack De Witt
Story by	Milton Raison
Produced by	Lindsley Parsons
Starring	Roddy McDowall Edgar Barrier Gale Sherwood
Cinematography	William A. Sickner
Edited by	Robert Warwick
Music by	Edward J. Kay
Production company	Monogram Pictures
Distributed by	Monogram Pictures
Release date	January 17, 1948
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Rocky is a 1948 American drama film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Roddy McDowall, Edgar Barrier and Gale Sherwood.^[1] It was produced and distributed by Monogram Pictures.

Plot

A painter, John Hammond, has a dog named Rocky which is suspected for an epidemic of sheep killings.

Cast

• Roddy McDowall as Chris Hammond
• Edgar Barrier as John Hammond
• Nita Hunter as Kathy Forrester
• Gale Sherwood as Ellen Forrester
• Jonathan Hale as Kenneth Forrester
• William Ruhl as Drew
• Claire Whitney as Hortense
• Irving Bacon as Bert Hillman
• John Alvin as Jack Arnold
• Ben Corbett as Hanson

Production

The film was first in a series of movies McDowall agreed to make with Monogram. Filming started 10 June 1947 near Cedar City, Utah.^[2] McDowall was also associate producer. He was meant to follow it with an adaptation of Mysterious Island by Jules Verne but that was never made.^[3][4]

Nina Hunter was borrowed from Comet Productions to appear in the film.^[5]