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Search and Destroy
Directed by William Fruet
Written byDon Enright
Produced byJames Margellos
Starring Perry King
Don Stroud
Tisa Farrow
Cinematography René Verzier
Music by Martin Deller
Cameron Hawkins
Ben Mink
Release date
  • 1979 (1979)
LanguageEnglish

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

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

Reception

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Cohn, Lawrence L.. "Review: Search and Destroy". Variety (303). June 10, 1981. p. 20.
  3. ^ Herridge, Frances. "Search and destroy" New York Post. June 6, 1981. p. 12.
  4. ^ "Search and Destroy". 21 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Search & Destroy".

External links


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Search and Destroy
Directed by William Fruet
Written byDon Enright
Produced byJames Margellos
Starring Perry King
Don Stroud
Tisa Farrow
Cinematography René Verzier
Music by Martin Deller
Cameron Hawkins
Ben Mink
Release date
  • 1979 (1979)
LanguageEnglish

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

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

Reception

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Cohn, Lawrence L.. "Review: Search and Destroy". Variety (303). June 10, 1981. p. 20.
  3. ^ Herridge, Frances. "Search and destroy" New York Post. June 6, 1981. p. 12.
  4. ^ "Search and Destroy". 21 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Search & Destroy".

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