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Overview

User Rating:
5.9/10   1,032 votes
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Director:
Larry Peerce
Writers:
Edward Hume (writer)
George La Fountaine Sr. (novel)
Contact:
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Release Date:
12 November 1976 (USA) more
Genre:
Thriller more
Tagline:
For some...too much time to wait. For the rest...too little time to run. more
Plot:
A psychotic man, armed with a hunting rifle and acting alone, goes on a sniping spree and is hunted by the police and a SWAT team... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Charlton Heston Dies at 84
 (From IMDb News. 6 April 2008)

Actor Brock Peters Dies at 78
 (From WENN. 23 August 2005)

User Comments:
The superstar Charlton Heston in a thrilling movie more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Charlton Heston ... Capt. Peter Holly
John Cassavetes ... Sgt. Chris Button
Martin Balsam ... Sam McKeever

Beau Bridges ... Mike Ramsay

Marilyn Hassett ... Lucy

David Janssen ... Steve

Jack Klugman ... Stu Sandman

Gena Rowlands ... Janet
Walter Pidgeon ... The pickpocket

Brock Peters ... Paul
David Groh ... Al

Mitch Ryan ... The priest (as Mitchell Ryan)
Joe Kapp ... Charlie Tyler
Pamela Bellwood ... Peggy Ramsay
Jon Korkes ... Jeffrey
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Additional Details

Runtime:
115 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 (cut) (1987) | Finland:K-18 (cut) (1977) | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1977) | USA:R

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Trivia:
The movie was deemed too violent to show intact on broadcast television, so they re-wrote the story and added a heist element. The re-written material minimized both the main storyline and the subplots. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: While moving into their firing positions at the stadium, several SWAT members have their fingers on the triggers of their M16 rifles. This violates a basic rule of gun safety, which says that the finger must stay off the trigger until the sights are on the target. Until that time, the finger should be placed alongside the trigger guard. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003) more

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6 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
The superstar Charlton Heston in a thrilling movie, 9 June 1999
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Author: anonymous

Plot: A psycho with a big ass rifle places himself over the scoreboard at a big football game. It's Capt. Peter Holly's job to get him down from there.

I can't understand why this movie got such a poor grade here at IMDB? Who could ever say that Charlton Heston wasn't the coolest guy on the face of the earth. And take my word for it I'm not one of those hollywood suckers I like independent films and all that but this movie really shows this the mega superstar that is Charlton Heston in his golden years. But it isn't just Mr Heston who makes this movie great, the story is thrilling all the way through as you await the snipers first shot and the crowds reaction. An intelligent movie about the power of one insane man. Ps Look out for Walter Pidgeon ( the aged pick pocket ) know from such roles as Dr Morbius in the scifi classic Forbidden Planet and as Capt. Alan Thorndike in Fritz Lang's masterpiece Man Hunt. DS

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