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Trackdown

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  • 1h 38m
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6.0/10
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Erik Estrada and James Mitchum in Trackdown (1976)
A Montana rancher  comes to Los Angeles, searching for his runaway sister, who has become entangled in a world of crime, drugs, and prostitution.
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A Montana rancher (Jim Mitchum) comes to Los Angeles, searching for his runaway sister (Karen Lamm), who has become entangled in a world of crime, drugs, and prostitution.A Montana rancher (Jim Mitchum) comes to Los Angeles, searching for his runaway sister (Karen Lamm), who has become entangled in a world of crime, drugs, and prostitution.A Montana rancher (Jim Mitchum) comes to Los Angeles, searching for his runaway sister (Karen Lamm), who has become entangled in a world of crime, drugs, and prostitution.
IMDb RATING
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427
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    • Richard T. Heffron
    • Paul F. Edwards
    • Ivan Nagy(story)
  • Stars
    • James Mitchum
    • Karen Lamm
    • Anne Archer
    • Richard T. Heffron
    • Paul F. Edwards
    • Ivan Nagy(story)
  • Stars
    • James Mitchum
    • Karen Lamm
    • Anne Archer
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    • 13User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
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    James Mitchum
    James Mitchum
    • Jim Calhoun
    Karen Lamm
    Karen Lamm
    • Betsy Calhoun
    Anne Archer
    Anne Archer
    • Barbara
    Erik Estrada
    Erik Estrada
    • Chucho
    Cathy Lee Crosby
    Cathy Lee Crosby
    • Lynn Strong
    Vince Cannon
    • Johnny Dee
    John Kerry
    John Kerry
    • Sergeant Miller
    Roberto Rodriguez
    • Feo
    • (as Roberto Rodríguez)
    Ernie Wheelwright
    Ernie Wheelwright
    • Rosey
    Zitto Kazann
    Zitto Kazann
    • Curtain
    Elisabeth Chauvet
    • Billie
    Rafael López
    Rafael López
    • Barba
    Gilbert De la Pena
    • Chino
    Joe La Due
    • Ben
    • (as Joe LaDue)
    Ray Sharkey
    Ray Sharkey
    • Flash
    James R. Parkes
    • Joe Andrews
    Frederick Rule
    • Nadino
    Don Reed
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      • Richard T. Heffron
      • Paul F. Edwards
      • Ivan Nagy(story)
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    • Trivia
      The movie's story-line had similarities with the later picture 'Hardcore' (1979) by Paul Schrader.
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      If he slaps her with a glove on, it would not make a 'slapping' sound.
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    10/10
    a forgotten action classic.
    United Artist seems to have ignored this 1976 classic for it's not even on video! Karen Lamm runs away from her Montana home to go to the city and gets raped by mexican gang and sold to a high class beverly Hills pimp Johnny Dee (well played by Vince Cannon). Jim Mitchum plays her brother who goes to Los Angeles looking for her with a help from Cathy Lee Crosby and Erik Estarda. Great finale, Good action, like a suspenseful action sequence on the roof of and in the elevator at Johnny dee's building, to the finale, which involves a high speed car vs a rifle (which also had some "distance" bloopers)! Great cast (with early performance as Ray Sharkey), and Hollywood later sort of remade it with "THE COWBOY WAY" with Woody Harreson 14 years later. Intresting note is Ivan Nagy is credit was "story by", when he is the director that was boyfriend of Heidi Fleiss in real life.

    I think the film is not on video because of musical copyright problem (Kenny Rogers sings the end credit song). The Late Vince Cannon could've been good villian actor, it's too bad he never did much films. The film was re-released by the producers (not United Artist) in 1980 with Estadra on the cover holding a knife with Cathy Lee Crosby also on the poster. The new poster said something like "He's a killer, He's lover, and only Cathy Lee Crosby can tame him". False advertisement, but the film is worth a good release back then as it still stood up to the action films of 1980. And it is still a great exciting action film with a important message!
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    • Release date
      • June 4, 1976 (West Germany)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Essaness Pictures
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    • 1 hour 38 minutes
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