Hunters Are for Killing

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Hunters Are for Killing
Written by Charles Kuenstle
Directed byBernard Girard
Starring Burt Reynolds
Music by Jerry Fielding
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time100 minutes
Production company Cinema Center 100
Original release
Network CBS
Release12 March 1970 (1970-03-12)

Hunters Are for Killing is a 1970 American TV movie starring Burt Reynolds, Melvyn Douglas and Suzanne Pleshette. The film was originally titled The Return. [1]

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Plot

A man comes home from prison to claim his share of his deceased mother's estate.

Production

Reynolds at the time played many Native American roles. There was a Native American aspect to the script for this film but he asked for it to be removed. "There was already so much going for them in the script they didn't need an Indian angle too", he said. Following this film, Reynolds would star in another television movie, Run, Simon, Run (1970), of which the lead character in that film, played by Reynolds, was a Native American.

It was filmed around the Wine Country in Santa Rosa, California in January 1970. [2]

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References

  1. "INSIDE TV: Golddiggers Show Set for Summer Series". Los Angeles Times. Feb 3, 1970. p. c11.
  2. "TV film a feather for Burt's bonnet". Los Angeles Times. Mar 12, 1970. ProQuest   156392297.