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
Dennis Wallace	...	Trapper #1
James McIntire	...	Trapper #2
Rayford Barnes	...	Trapper #3
Maurice Kowaleski	...	Charlie Rat
Sean McCann	...	News reporter
Steve Finkel	...	W.W. Douglas (storekeeper) (as Steve O.Z. Finkel)
Denis Lacroix	...	Jimmy Tom
Tantoo Cardinal	...	Indian woman (as Tantoo Martin)
Amy Marie George	...	Buffalo Woman

Directed by
Peter R. Hunt		(as Peter Hunt)

Writing credits
Michael Grais		(writer) and
Mark Victor		(writer)

Produced by
Robert Baylis	....	associate producer
Raymond Chow	....	executive producer
Albert S. Ruddy	....	executive producer
Murray Shostak	....	producer
Andre Morgan	....	executive producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Jerrold Immel

Cinematography by
James Devis		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
John F. Burnett
Allan Jacobs

Casting by
Reuben Cannon

Production Design by
Ted Haworth

Set Decoration by
Robert R. Benton		(as Bob Benton)

Costume Design by
Olga Dimitrov

Makeup Department
Paul LeBlanc	....	hair stylist
Bill Morgan	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Les Kimber	....	unit production manager
Andre Morgan	....	production supervisor (as André Morgan)
Marlene Rubenstein	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Paul Baxley	....	second unit director
Frank Ernst	....	first assistant director
Rob Lockwood	....	second unit director
David McLeod	....	second assistant director (as David MacLeod)

Art Department
John 'Frenchie' Berger	....	property master (as John Berger)
Tom Doherty	....	set designer

Sound Department
Ray Alba	....	sound designer
Carolyn Colwell	....	sound designer
Paul Hochman	....	sound designer
David J. Kimball	....	sound re-recording mixer
Richard Lightstone	....	sound recordist
Robert J. Litt	....	sound re-recording mixer
Carl Mahakian	....	dialogue editor
Bert Schoenfeld	....	sound designer
Elliot Tyson	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Thomas L. Fisher	....	special effects (as Tom Fisher)
John Thomas	....	special effects

Stunts
Alex Green	....	stunt coordinator
Paul Baxley	....	stunts (uncredited)
Alex Green	....	stunts (uncredited)
John Scott	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Ron Chegwidden	....	gaffer
Ron Goodman	....	camera operator: Wescam camera
Margaret Herron	....	camera operator: Wescam camera
Michael Kohne	....	key grip
Richard Leiterman	....	director of photography: second unit
Cameron MacDonald	....	camera operator: second unit (as Cam MacDonald)
Rod Parkhurst	....	camera operator
Herb Reischl Jr.	....	best boy (as Herb Reischl)
Peter K. Smith	....	focus puller: second unit

Casting Department
Bryan Gliserman	....	extras casting

Editorial Department
William Jacobs	....	assistant editor
Mario Leone	....	assistant editor
Cathy Rose	....	apprentice editor

Music Department
Jim Henrikson	....	music editor (as James Henrikson)
Michael Tronick	....	music editor

Other crew
Margo Baxley	....	assistant to producer
Pamela Carlton	....	script supervisor (as Pam Carlton)
David Chan	....	assistant to executive in charge of production
Dennis Grisco	....	animal trainer
Terry Guesnel	....	animal trainer
Doug Lemmond	....	animal trainer
Phill Norman	....	title designer
John Scott	....	wrangler
Gary Vaughn	....	animal trainer
Mark Weiner	....	animal trainer
Lacia Kornylo	....	production accountant (uncredited)
Michael MacDonald	....	location manager (uncredited)
Joe Thornton	....	location manager: second unit (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Golden Harvest Company
• Northshore Investments Ltd.

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1981) (USA) (theatrical)
• Senator Film (1981) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Americana Entertainment
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• CBS/Fox Video (1984) (Belgium) (VHS)
• CBS/Fox (19??) (USA) (VHS)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1984) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)

Other Companies

• Canadian Casting Associates  casting
• Goldwyn Sound Facility  sound re-recording
• Westheimer Company  opticals

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:

When they appeared together in the hit The Dirty Dozen (1967), Lee Marvin was the top-billed star and Charles Bronson was among the ensemble cast credited alphabetically (after Marvin); by 1981 Bronson received top billing for 'Death Hunt' and Marvin had second billing.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the posse member puts his arm in the bear trap and it is bleeding you can see the blade bend when he pulls his arm out, because the blades are made of rubber.

Quotes:

Vanessa: [to Edgar] Would it make any difference if I waited? If I left now I'd never know what it would have been like with you.

Soundtrack:

For You

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.