Search and Destroy (1979 film)
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| Directed by | William Fruet |
| Written by | Don Enright |
| Produced by | James Margellos |
| Starring | Perry King Don Stroud Tisa Farrow |
| Cinematography | René Verzier |
| Music by | Martin Deller Cameron Hawkins Ben Mink |
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| Language | English |
Search and Destroy is a 1979 Canadian action-thriller film directed by William Fruet and starring Perry King, Don Stroud, and Tisa Farrow.[1][2][3]
Plot
[edit]Members of a Vietnam veteran's old Army unit start turning up dead in Los Angeles and Niagara Falls. Ex-Colonel Kip Moore (Perry King), is pressed by Upstate New York police for details. Meanwhile, a mysterious killer with a black glove is on the loose.
Cast
[edit]- Perry King as Kip Moore
- Don Stroud as Buddy Grant
- Tisa Farrow as Kate Barthel
- George Kennedy as Anthony Fusqua
- Jong Soo Park as Assassin
- Tony Sheer as Frank Malone
- Phil Aikin as Rosie Washington
- Rummy Bishop as Ernie Cappel
- Daniel Buccos as Sinclair
- Rob Garrison as R.J.
Reception
[edit]Really Awful Movies called it..."Great Canadian exploitation fun,"[4] while TV Guide said Search and Destroy was an "empty variation on the "let's win in Vietnam" theme that emerged in the years following the American defeat."[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Devine, Jeremy M. (1999). Vietnam at 24 Frames a Second: A Critical and Thematic Analysis of Over 400 Films about the Vietnam War. University of Texas Press, 1999. ISBN 029271601X.
- ^ Cohn, Lawrence L.. "Review: Search and Destroy". Variety (303). June 10, 1981. p. 20.
- ^ Herridge, Frances. "Search and destroy" New York Post. June 6, 1981. p. 12.
- ^ "Search and Destroy". 21 November 2016.
- ^ "Search & Destroy".
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