Showing posts with label a film about a bounty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label a film about a bounty. Show all posts

Saturday, February 22, 2020

The Hunter

Steve McQueen

The Hunter se convertiría en la última película de Steve McQueen antes de morir. En la película Steve McQueen personifica a Ralph "Papa" Thorson, un conocido caza recompensas. Steve McQueen aceptó el papel luego de hacer Tom Horn y era en aquella época uno de los actores mejores pagados de Hollywood. McQueen es acompañado por Eli Wallach, Kathryn Harrold, LeVar Burton, y Ben Johnson. Una parte de la filmación se realizó en Bonfield, Illinois, un pueblito de no más de 400 personas. En vocabulario: punk, kinfolk, redneck, beanbag stun gun y quarryman

The Hunter is a 1980 action crime drama thriller film directed by Buzz Kulik. The film was Steve McQueen's final role before his death in November of that year.

Ralph "Papa" Thorson (Steve McQueen) is a modern-day bounty hunter based in Los Angeles who hunts down and captures criminals who have skipped on their bail to bring them back for a 20% of the reward to his bail bondsman employer.