A Breed Apart
– A conservationist and a widow meet a mountain climber hired to steal bald-eagle eggs...
A conservationist and a widow meet a mountain climber hired to steal bald-eagle eggs.
22 Jun 1984
English
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.
Philippe Mora
Paul Wheeler (screenplay)
Rutger Hauer, Powers Boothe, Kathleen Turner, Donald Pleasence
Jim Malden, a Vietnam veteran who has lost wife and child, lives as a recluse on an island full of rare birds. His only contacts with humanity are with Stella Clayton and her young son Adam, who have a small supply store on the mainland. One day, a mountain climber named Mike Walker brings a visit to the island to observe two very rare eagles; what he doesn't tell Malden is that he's hired by an egg collector to steal the eagles' eggs. In the end, after he's succeeded in bringing together Malden and Clayton, Walker gets a chance to lay hands on the eggs. He then decides to leave the eggs in the nest, influenced as he is by Malden.
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