Hawken's Breed (1987)

Hawken is a rugged drifter and loner who meets and comes to rescue a young Shawnee woman, named Spirit in 1840s Tennessee, whom he leaves after saving her from a rouge group of Shawnee ... See full summary »

Director:

Charles B. Pierce

Writer:

Charles B. Pierce

Stars:

Peter Fonda, Jack Elam, Serene Hedin

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Peter Fonda	...	Hawken
Jack Elam	...	Tackett
Serene Hedin	...	Spirit
Chuck Pierce Jr.	...	Noel Hickman
Sue Ane Langdon	...	Holly Clawson
Dennis Fimple	...	Crowley
Royce Clark	...	Luke
Bill Thurman	...	Jeb Kline
Seamon Glass	...	Pa Hickman
Joe Kurtzo	...	Aaron Hickman
Ivan Green	...	Frank Hickman
Bear Pierce	...	Tackett's Gang
Brandon Lewis	...	Tackett's Gang
Don Lewis	...	Tackett's Gang
Robert Lewis	...	Tackett's Gang

Storyline

Hawken is a rugged drifter and loner who meets and comes to rescue a young Shawnee woman, named Spirit in 1840s Tennessee, whom he leaves after saving her from a rouge group of Shawnee Indians. After taking up residence with an old fur trapper and old friend named Jeb Kline, Hawken later meets Spirit again whom runs away from a local fur trader named Tackett, whom she is sold to. Soon, Hawken is up against Tackett and a posse of hired killers, as well as a greedy and racist land owner, named Hickman, who's long abused son Noel whom narrates the entire story, comes to his and Spirit's aid to help them survive.

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Plot Keywords:

tennessee | shot in the head | frontier | gunman | shootout | 

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Taglines:

He took another man's woman. He killed another man's brother. Now he faces another kind of justice.

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Romance | Western

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Hawken

Filming Locations:

Tennessee, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

MLG

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

[first lines]
Noel Hickman: [voice-over] I don't know who started all this talk about good always being mixed up with bad, and bad with good. All I know is, when people are alone, when there's no law to see to it that they got to stand inside the bounds; then they're either all good or all bad. And it's a tough thing for a boy to find out that his pa is one of the bad.

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Soundtracks

"The Law of the Land"
Music by Gudio De Angelis and Maurzio De Angelis
Performed by Matt DiNapoli

User Reviews

So awful it can't be described

A friend of mine once rented this, thinking since Peter Fonda starred in it, it couldn't be bad. WRONG! It's bad as anything can be. There is so much to laugh at and it's not the jokes. For instance, in one scene Hawken walks into the forest and when he comes out he is suddenly wearing a completely different outfit! Where was "the director's" brain when he shot that scene?!? Probably the same place Fonda's was when he agreed to do this flick. It's truly a shame one has to see such a fine actor go dumb in this poor excuse for a film.

Nobody's performance in this movie can be called acting. Jack Elam is brought in just to bring up the star count here, but all he does is looking startled in a very dark and awfully shot scene in some kind of bar. Not to mention the "Indians", the girl was so godawful I wanted to shoot her just to end her misery and mine as well. If I could give this a 0, I would. Shame that mark doesn't exist here. This truly reminds of a bad joke or an amateur footage made just for fun. This should serve as a proof of how bad B-movies can get.