| Search and Destroy | |
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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]
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.
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]
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