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  • Actors: Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach, Kathryn Harrold, LeVar Burton, Ben Johnson
  • Directors: Buzz Kulik
  • Writers: Christopher Keane, John Rester Zodrow, Peter Hyams, Ralph Thorson, Ted Leighton
  • Producers: Mort Engelberg
  • Format: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 13 May 2002
  • Run Time: 98 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000063KMA
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 14,560 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Steve McQueen's last movie is a fitting tribute to his memorable talent. He portrays real-life bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson, who made a long career out of apprehending more than 5,000 criminals and bail jumpers. Thorson's tough antics (featuring a few memorable car chases) are tempered by his touching relationship with his pregnant wife Dotty (Kathryn Harrold).

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Farewell to a Movie Legend, 21 Dec 2005
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This review is from: The Hunter [VHS] [1980] (VHS Tape)
Steve McQueen was a true movie star in every sense of the word - a man who lived in the fast lane both on and off the silver screen. He was icon to many with his love of motorbikes & racing - men wanted to be like him & the women wanted him to be their man. He was also such a great actor but notoriously difficult to work with & a perfectionist. Nevertheless McQueen headlined some of the most entertaining movies of the sixties & early 70's - The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, Bullitt & The Getaway.

His final movie was The Hunter in 1980 and if doesn't quite match the standard of some of his best movies it's still a very competent thriller that marked the abrupt end of Steve McQueen's career on a high note. Steve is Ralph "Papa" Thorson - a bounty hunter and the last one of his kind who spends his days hunting down bail jumpers and crooks. He attitudes doesn't fit in today's world - he drives an old convertible, collects old toys & in his own words "new things are no good". If life wasn't hard enough he also has a young wife at home to contend with and a baby on the way. Plus there's the small matter of a pyscho on the loose and he's after the man who put him away - guess who??

Steve plays Ralph to perfection and this role is perhaps the closest audiences ever got to seeing the real McQueen on screen. The action scenes are superbly executed with two chase sequences of note. The first involving McQueen in a combine harvester chasing two thieves in a stolen Pontiac Firebird(reminscient of a scene in the Lee Marvin gangster movie Prime Cut). The second involving a long chase which sees McQueen chase a criminal on board a train and then into a multi storey car park. If McQueen was suffering with cancer he certainly doesn't look it and seems almost athletic in many of chase sequences. When watching this movie you can't help but feel sadness and regret that the world was robbed of such a great actor and one wonders the sort of roles Steve would have played in later life but we will never know.

Verdict

An enjoyable chase thriller and worth a look- McQueen signed off to the big castle in the sky on a high note.

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars New Things are no good...., 9 Mar 2004
By Gary Mckenzie "Rich Burtons Voice" (Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Hunter [VHS] [1980] (VHS Tape)
For those thinking of getting this movie don't be put off what you may have read elsewhere it is a good film...agreed it is not as good as some of his earlier efforts but defenetly not the shambles some have it to be.
It is sad to watch as it gives an insight to the kind of films McQueen might of made had he survived his cancer(if indeed he decided to continue to make movies),seeing the older McQueen with the lines on his face certainly adds to the experience the Ralph"Papa"Thorsen has,as indeed it did when watching Tom Horn.
The direction is handelled well,ok it some scenes could have been better but overall it is handled well & confidently giving plently of space to his characters.
The action scenes are handled very well particually the scene when Thorson is chasing his latest bounty over Chicago...
When watching the film you do wonder how much of McQueen is in the character he plays as from what we have read about him it does appear to show up in this role more than any other.
The ending is nice for McQueen's fans as his last moments on screen show the character finally at peace & happy & which seem to reflect what was happening in his own life.
A very good buy & a must for all McQueen fans or lovers of classic action movies.
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars It is one of his best, 24 Jan 2006
How narrow are we to compare this to any old action film, it really has a sense of realism - that it could happen, that it is why it sticks out: more of a Clint action flim really because it makes you believe something, that people do not believe. So what if he is older, this has some very subtle acting, and I hope the dvd can bring it out. Does everything have to be the best, it gives enough: but in it's own way - which is not a bad thing at all.
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