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Cast
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Warren Stantin
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| Tom Berenger | ... | ||
| Kirstie Alley | ... |
Sarah Rennell
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| Clancy Brown | ... | ||
| Richard Masur | ... |
Norman
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| Andrew Robinson | ... |
Harvey
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Kevin Scannell | ... |
Ben
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Frederick Coffin | ... |
Ralph
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Michael MacRae | ... |
Fournier
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Robert Lesser | ... |
Minelli
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Milton Selzer | ... |
Mr. Berger
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Les Lannom | ... |
Sheriff Arnett
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Walter Marsh | ... |
Sam Baker
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Frank C. Turner | ... |
Crilly
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Sam Hiona | ... |
Inspector Hsu
(as Samuel Hiona)
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Plot Synopsis
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A man is discovered breaking into his own jewelery shop in the dead of night. Questioned closely, it is learnt that his wife is being held hostage by an extortionist who demands the diamonds in the shop's safe. The extortionist manages to escape FBI agent Warren Stantin, who subsequently chases him into the forests of Northern America. Stantin recruits the help of a reluctant local Jonathon Knox, who has the skills necessary to track down the criminal. The only problem is that Stantin has no experience in the wilderness... Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>
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A ruthless killer. A beautiful hostage. Two men follow them into the mountains. One for love. One for revenge. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
12 February 1988 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Mountain Man See more »Box Office
Gross:
$29,300,090 (USA)Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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Warren Stantin: Everything!
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During the car chase, the Jeep Grand Wagoneer is already damaged in most side-on shots, despite not crashing into the taxi and light pole until later. See more »Quotes
Jonathan Knox: [when Stantin complains over the differences between the country and the city] Tell me something; What would you miss, beside telephones?Warren Stantin: Everything!
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After an eleven year absence from the screen, Sidney Poitier chose to return in an action/adventure film where he plays an FBI agent in search of a killer.
He's got good reason to want this guy bad. His quarry is ruthless and kills without mercy. Poitier loses a hostage and the ransom he's asked for. But some good detective work has traced the man to a remote part of the Pacific Northwest.
Where the perpetrator has killed again and joined a party of dry fly fishermen being guided by Kirstie Alley into the rugged mountains. No place for a city kid like Poitier, says mountaineer/hermit Tom Berenger who has the prerequisite skills to get the job done. These two are forced into an alliance of inconvenience.
The best thing I liked about Shoot To Kill is the guessing game we play for the identity of the perpetrator. Any one of the five men in Kirstie Alley's party could have been the killer. Look at the cast list and you'll recognize a few names who've played some pretty loathsome villains in the past. The identity is revealed suddenly and quite shockingly.
What I didn't like with Shoot To Kill is the fact that the final confrontation with the perpetrator is in big city Vancouver where he's escaped with Alley. He needed her in the woods, not any longer, she should have wound up dead. And Berenger and Poitier should have confronted him in the woods.
That script decision made the climax a rather ordinary one that you see in a whole lot of police chase films. Still all the players do fine here, my favorite being Kirstie Alley as the woods smart guide.