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The Tracker

  • TV Movie
  • 19881988
  • RR
  • 1h 38m
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6.2/10
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The Tracker (1988)
Western
After a series of vicious crimes by a renegade group of cowboys, led by "Red Jack" Stilwell, a legendary tracker, Noble Adams is pulled out of retirement to capture Stilwell, dead or alive. ... Read allAfter a series of vicious crimes by a renegade group of cowboys, led by "Red Jack" Stilwell, a legendary tracker, Noble Adams is pulled out of retirement to capture Stilwell, dead or alive. Reluctantly, needing more men, he allows his son, Tom to tag along, revealing to Tom a who... Read allAfter a series of vicious crimes by a renegade group of cowboys, led by "Red Jack" Stilwell, a legendary tracker, Noble Adams is pulled out of retirement to capture Stilwell, dead or alive. Reluctantly, needing more men, he allows his son, Tom to tag along, revealing to Tom a whole brutal side of ruthlessness Noble thought he left behind.
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    • John Guillermin
    • Kevin Jarre
  • Stars
    • Kris Kristofferson
    • Scott Wilson
    • Mark Moses
    • John Guillermin
    • Kevin Jarre
  • Stars
    • Kris Kristofferson
    • Scott Wilson
    • Mark Moses
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    Kris Kristofferson
    Kris Kristofferson
    • Noble Adams
    Scott Wilson
    Scott Wilson
    • John 'Red Jack' Stillwell
    Mark Moses
    Mark Moses
    • Tom Adams
    David Huddleston
    David Huddleston
    • Lane Crawford
    John Quade
    John Quade
    • Lomax
    Don Swayze
    Don Swayze
    • Brewer
    Geoffrey Blake
    Geoffrey Blake
    • Miller
    Leon Rippy
    Leon Rippy
    • Chub Dumont
    Ernie Lively
    Ernie Lively
    • Bob
    Karen Kopins
    Karen Kopins
    • Sarah Bolton
    Celia Xavier
    Celia Xavier
    • Inez
    Jeff Celentano
    Jeff Celentano
    • Lon
    • (as Jeff Weston)
    Jennifer Snyder
    • Mary Bolton
    Brynn Thayer
    Brynn Thayer
    • Lottie Adams
    Jose Rey Toledo
    • Redondo
    Kip Allen
    • Cornishman
    John Barks
    • Drunk
    Michael D. Blum
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      • John Guillermin
      • Kevin Jarre
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    • Trivia
      Last film directed by John Guillermin.
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      Several times during the course of the movie, aircraft con trails are clearly visible in the sky. At the time this movie takes place, the Wright brothers had not yet flown their Flyer.

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    8/10
    Great Eighties Western
    Renegade Mormon psychopath (!) Scott Wilson and fellow prisoners, including John Quade and Don Swayze, bust out of prison and go on a bloody rampage. Famous retired tracker Kris Kristofferson is pressed back into service by lawman David Huddleston to help catch them and ends up bringing his eastern educated son. Upon hearing that Kristofferson is tracking them, Wilson ups the ante by kidnapping two young girls.

    This is one grim, eighties style western that never lets up in terms of action and suspense. The teleplay by Kevin Jarre (who also wrote Tombstone) has a lot of psychological depth, with Kristofferson revealing to his son a different, more violent side and in turn teaching the young lawyer how to be a man.

    It's good to see character actor David Huddleston in a non-comedic hero role. Scott Wilson is also good as the pitifully disturbed heavy, probably his best role since In Cold Blood. Kristofferson gives a better performance here than in Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid.

    Director John Guillerman also scored big with faux spaghetti western El Condor, with Jim Brown and Lee Van Cleef. He does a great job capturing the great natural beauty as well as the dark side of the old west.
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      • March 26, 1988 (United States)
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      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, Colorado, USA
    • Production companies
      • Eaves Movie Ranch
      • HBO Pictures
      • Incorporated Television Company (ITC)
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    • 1 hour 38 minutes
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