The Hunter
– During his long career, bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson has caught over 5,000 criminals. Now, whi..
During his long career, bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson has caught over 5,000 criminals. Now, while he is working on apprehending fugitives in Illinois, Texas and Nebraska, he himself is being hunted by a psychotic killer.
01 Aug 1980
English
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Buzz Kulik
Ted Leighton (screenplay), Peter Hyams (screenplay)
Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach, Kathryn Harrold, LeVar Burton
In order to track down bail jumpers, Ralph 'Papa' Thorson goes on a series of routine and not-so-routine searches. Sometimes he takes down his quarry easily. At other times, he's forced to extreme measures which result in the injury or death of a lawbreaker. And then again, there are other moments when his own life is on the line. It's all enough to make Thorson question what he has done with his life.
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