Search and Destroy (1979 film)

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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

  • 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

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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William Fruet filmography
Feature films
  • Wedding in White (1972)
  • Death Weekend (1976)
  • Search and Destroy (1979)
  • One of Our Own (1979)
  • Funeral Home (1980)
  • Trapped (1982)
  • Spasms (1983)
  • Bedroom Eyes (1984)
  • Killer Party (1986)
  • Brothers by Choice (1986)
  • Blue Monkey (1987)
  • Imaginary Playmate (2006)
  • The Egg Factory (2008)
  • Matty Hanson and the Invisibility Ray (2011)


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