Death Hunt

    Death Hunt
    1981

    Synopsis

    Yukon Territory, Canada, November 1931. Albert Johnson, a trapper who lives alone in the mountains, buys a dog almost dead after a brutal dogfight, a good deed that will put him in trouble.

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    Cast

    • Charles BronsonAlbert Johnson
    • Lee MarvinRCMP Sgt. Edgar Millen
    • Andrew StevensRCMP Const. Alvin Adams
    • Carl WeathersGeorge Washington Lincoln 'Sundog' Brown
    • Ed LauterHazel
    • Scott HylandsRCAF Pilot Capt. Hank Tucker
    • Angie DickinsonVanessa McBride
    • Henry BeckmanBill Luce
    • William SandersonNed Warren
    • Jon CedarHawkins

    Recommendations

    • 50

      The New York Times

      Nothing in Death Hunt makes a great deal of sense, though the scenery is rugged and the snowscapes beautiful.
    • 50

      TV Guide Magazine

      A few moments of good, visual storytelling aren't enough to save this frustrating film.
    • 40

      Washington Post

      Sounds hard to mess up, but Death Hunt is so unconvincing that you never once stop asking yourself, "Why is this manhunt necessary?" [27 May 1981, p.B6]
    • 38

      The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

      What Death Hunt is a piece of is neither entertaining nor educational. [18 Apr 1981]