The Tender Warrior

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The Tender Warrior
Directed by Stewart Raffill
Written byStewart Raffill
Produced byStewart Raffill
Starring Dan Haggerty
Music by Kenneth Wannberg
Production
companies
William Thompson Productions
Safari Films
Distributed byWilliam Thompson International
Release date
April 1971
Running time
85 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Tender Warrior is a 1971 film directed by Stewart Raffill and starring Dan Haggerty and Charles Lee. It was Raffill's debut feature as director. [1]

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Raffill was an animal supervisor who would rent animals to films and TV series. He saved up enough money to finance this film. It was shot at the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia. Raffill sold it to Warner Bros, was unhappy with what they did with it, bought it back, and re-distributed it. [2]

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References

  1. "The Tender Warrior (1971) - Stewart Raffill | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
  2. "Interview with Stewart Raffill Part 2". Slashfilm. 15 July 2016.