Death Hunt is a 1981 Western action film directed by Peter Hunt. The film stars Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Carl Weathers, Maury Chaykin, Ed Lauter and Andrew Stevens. Death Hunt was a fictionalized account of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) pursuit of a man named Albert Johnson. Earlier films exploring the same topic were The Mad Trapper (1972), a British made-for-television production and Challenge to Be Free (also known as Mad Trapper of the Yukon and Mad Trapper) (1975).
Directed by | Peter R. Hunt (credited as Peter Hunt)
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Produced by | Murray Shostak
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Cinematography | James Devis
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Edited by | John F. Burnett
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Running time | 97 min.
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Country | United States
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Language | English
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Budget | $10,000,000 or $10.5 million
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Box office | $5,000,000
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