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The Hunting Party (Original title)
Date: 23 September 1971 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Don Medford

Synopsis: A gang kidnap a teacher who turns out to be the wife of the local cattle owner, who is out on a hunting party with some of his friends. When he hears the news the husband starts a search for the gang armed with high-power rifles. One by one the gang is picked off and killed...

Genres:
Crime, Drama, Western
Credits (24)
Production Company: Brighton Pictures, Executive Producer: Jules Levy, Executive Producer: Arthur Gardner, Producer: Lou Morheim, Production Manager: Julio Vallejo, Production Supervisor: Geoffrey Haine, Assistant Director: José María Ochoa, Script Clerk: Eva del Castillo, Screenplay: William Norton, Screenplay: Gilbert Alexander, Screenplay: Lou Morheim, Original story: Gilbert Alexander, Lou Morheim, Photography: Cecilio Paniagua, Camera Operator: Alec Mills, Special Effects: Manuel Baquero, Editor: Tom Rolf, Art Director: Enrique Alarcón, Wardrobe: Tony Pueo, Make-up: José Antonio Sánchez, Hair: Carmen Sánchez, Music composed and conducted: Riz Ortolani, Sound Recording: Les Hammond
Cast (27)
Oliver Reed (Frank Calder), Candice Bergen (Melissa Ruger), Gene Hackman (Brandt Ruger), Simon Oakland (Matthew Gunn), Mitchell Ryan (Doc Harrison), L.Q. Jones (Hog Warren), G.D. Spradlin (Sam Bayard), William Watson (Loring), Ronald Howard (Watt Nelson), Rayford Barnes (Crimp), Bernard Kay (Buford King), Eugenio Escudero Garcia (Mario), Dean Selmier (Collins), Ritchie Adams (Owney Clark), Carlos Bravo, Bud Strait (Cowboy), Ralph Brown (Sheriff Johnson), Marian Collier (Schoolteacher), Max Slaten (Telegraph Man), Rafael Escudero Garcia (Mexican), Emilio Rodrigues Guiar (Priest), Sara Atkinson (Redhaired Girl), Lilibeth Solison (Blonde Girl), Francisca Tu (Chinese Girl), Marisa Tovar (Mexican Girl), Christine Larroude, Stephanie Pieritz (Prostitute)