Death Hunt (1981)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Peter R. Hunt

Writers:

Michael Grais (writer) and
Mark Victor (writer)

Release Date:

18 June 1981 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Crime

Tagline:

The Saga Of Two Rivals Who Clash As Enemies And Triumph As Heroes.

Plot:

Canada 1931: The unsociable trapper Johnson lives for himself in the ice-cold mountains near the Yukon river...

Plot Keywords:

Mountain | Sergeant | Murder | Canada | News Reporter

Cast

Charles Bronson	...	Albert Johnson
Lee Marvin	...	Sgt. Edgar Millen, RCMP
Andrew Stevens	...	Const. Alvin Adams, RCMP
Carl Weathers	...	Sundog / George Washington Lincoln Brown
Ed Lauter	...	Hazel
Scott Hylands	...	Capt. Hank Tucker, RCAF (the pilot)
Angie Dickinson	...	Vanessa McBride
Henry Beckman	...	Bill Lusk
William Sanderson	...	Ned Warren
Jon Cedar	...	Hawkins
James O'Connell	...	Hurley
Len Lesser	...	Lewis
Richard Davalos	...	Beeler (as Dick Davalos)
Maury Chaykin	...	Clarence
August Schellenberg	...	Deak De Bleargue

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:14 (theatrical rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:R | West Germany:16 (f) | UK:18 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (original rating) | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Canmore, Alberta, Canada

Company:

Golden Harvest Company

Trivia:

Based upon a true story, the film was heavily criticized by Canadian historians for getting many historical facts and characterizations wrong.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Johnson jumps from the cliff into the trees he clearly drops his rifle on top of the cliff but has it again when he reaches the bottom.

Quotes:

Sergeant Edgar Millen: If anyone's going to bring in Albert Johnson, it's going to be me - not some bounty hunter or some flyboy buckin' for promotion.
Constable Alvin Adams: Why you? Why are you so special?
Sergeant Edgar Millen: He deserves me, not them.

Soundtrack:

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bronson is a bad man

Death Hunt is relatively forgotten action film that was pretty entertaining even though Charles Bronson doesn't have that many lines, he really didn't have to in this movie. The great Lee Marvin and Andrew Stevens who you probably know from some Shannon Tweed films go hunting for Bronson in the biting cold Canadian winter with lots of action and overall a pretty good film, worth checking out if you can "hunt" it down somewhere.