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Ne'er-do-well Captain Harry Flashman (Malcolm McDowell) is coerced by Otto Von Bismarck (Oliver Reed) into impersonating a Prince. Full of hate, he sets out to kill him - and Melissa too, if necessary. She begins to enjoy Calder's company. Fresh from the DC Fandome event! You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Melissa also stabs one, Hog Warren (Calder's men become upset to discover that they have kidnapped such a powerful man's wife, placing them in danger for no good reason. When his own best friend, Doc (On his death bed, Hog Warren further angers Ruger by telling him Melissa is now Calder's woman. Page 70 "The Italian composer was here last week to score "The Hunting Party", with Candice Burgen. Cast. Maltin´s home Movie Guide rate it as a BOMB, but whats really the BOMB is Maltin. Ruger's last remaining ally, Matthew (The last of Calder's men are gunned down from long range at a water hole. It also is pretentious. Variety, for example, argued that “seldom has so much fake blood been splattered for so little reason.” A convicted murderer kills his hangman. She goes on a hunger strike, but cannot resist the temptation of a jar of peaches. The Hunting Party" is no picnic. Top enforcer Nick Devlin is sent to straighten things out. The credits roll over what appears to be a sepia photograph of three bodies in the sand. The reviews for the movie were unrelentingly negative and hostile. Verified Purchase. Francesca Tu A fur trapper takes a mute girl as his unwilling wife to live with him in his remote …
Using rifles with telescopic sights that can allow shooting a target at 800 yards, Ruger and his men begin to pick off the outlaws one by one. 22 of 37 people found this review helpful. 4.0 out of 5 stars The Hunting Party 1971. Ruger then collapses beside them. The Hunting Party is a 1971 American-British western film directed by Don Medford for Levy-Gardner-Laven and starring Oliver Reed, Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, Simon Oakland and Ronald Howard. He fatally shoots Calder with his rifle. The rich and ruthless rancher Brandt Ruger keeps his beautiful young wife Melissa like a part of his property, subdued to his will.
Was this review helpful to you? But eventually he overpowers and rapes her himself. Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2013. The men revolt and Calder kills one. Rather dark plot line but characters that one can like, have empathy with, Gene Hackman's character is a vengeful monster. A fur trapper takes a mute girl as his unwilling wife to live with him in his remote cabin in the woods. Shot on location at Arizona State Prison. THE HUNING PARTY is violent, but it´s not, as often claimed, violent without sense. But the film has much more to offer, than just the the dark gloomy atmosphere and hardcore violence: It´s also very much about who is good and who is evil. A Spaghetti Western. Saw this movie in a theater in 1971. Calder doesn't know or care who's wife she is.
Oliver Reed a likeable rogue. The professional and romantic misadventures of an advertising executive in 1960s swinging London. But Ruger feels humiliated. A young journalist, a seasoned cameraman and a discredited war correspondent embark on an unauthorized mission to find the No.1 war criminal in Bosnia. Choose an adventure below and discover your next favorite movie or TV show.Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. A group of ex-rough riders, an ex-prostitute and a gunfighter enter a horse race in the desert. Ruger materializes on foot. But one day she's kidnapped by the famous outlaw Frank Calder - just to teach him reading, so he tells her. Notified that his wife has been taken captive, Ruger arms his friends with high-powered rifles to begin a hunt not for animals but for men. After a cavalry patrol is ambushed by the Cheyenne, the two survivors, a soldier and a woman, must reach the safety of the nearest fort. As Calder is dying Ruger kills Melissa. Check out the latest trailer for Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Then it is discovered that he actually didn't commit the murder he was convicted for. A riot in a state prison is staged to cover up an escape attempt, during which many inmates and guards are killed. Relations are strained between cattle baron Brandt Ruger (Mistaking her for a schoolteacher, outlaw Frank Calder (Traveling by luxurious private train, the hunting party engages in debauchery with women, one of whom Ruger sadistically abuses.
It´s a pre-Lucasian reminder to us all; STAY AWAY FROM THE DARK SIDE OF THE FORCE, and it´s a damn good one too.Looking for something to watch? A ruthless rancher, and his gang, use extremely long range rifles to kill the men who kidnapped his infidel wife. It´s a cool flick about an outlaw (Reed) who kidnappes rich farmers (Hackman) wife, but soon find himself attracted to his beatyfull hostage, while he finds himselv mercyless hunted by the enraged husband. Roger Greenspun wrote in Billboard – 6 Feb 1971 – Page 4 LOS ANGELES— The trend to low-budget pictures is detrimental to the music industry and to the future of soundtrack recordings, according to composer Riz Ortolani." THE HUNTING PARTY is really good, but it seems, that everybordy is saying bad things about it. ""They're taking existing tracks and trying to fit them into motion pictures instead of hiring a composer to score a film. Basically it is a film about evil, how easily good can be destroyed by evil. Calder twice must keep Melissa from being raped by his men. Dysfunctional marriages of several unhappy rich doctors who work at a private clinic and their neglected wives who deal with their own unhappiness in various ways enter crisis mode when one of them murders his cheating wife. A vicious Kansas City slaughterhouse owner and his hick family are having a bloody "beef" with the Chicago crime syndicate over profits from their joint illegal operations. Together with his friends and the newest technology in guns, which carry 800 yards, he initiates a battue on Calder and his gang.