Alien Thunder
Appearance
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Directed by | Claude Fournier |
Written by | George Malko (written by) |
Produced by | Marie-José Raymond (producer) |
Starring | Donald Sutherland Gordon Tootoosis Chief Dan George Kevin McCarthy Jean Duceppe |
Cinematography | Claude Fournier |
Edited by | Yves Langlois |
Music by | Georges Delerue |
Distributed by | Troma Entertainment |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Budget | $1,500,000 |
Alien Thunder (also known as Dan Candy's Law) is a 1974 Canadian western film directed by Claude Fournier and starring Donald Sutherland.
Synopsis
The plot, based on the true story, follows a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer who wants to give an Indian a fair trial for the murder of a fellow officer before he winds up being executed.
Cast
- Donald Sutherland as Sgt. Dan Candy
- Gordon Tootoosis as Almighty Voice
- Chief Dan George as Sounding Sky
- Kevin McCarthy as Sgt. Malcolm Grant
- Jean Duceppe as Inspector Brisebois
- Francine Racette as Emilie Grant
- Jack Creley as Arthur Ballentyne - Indian Agent
- James O'Shea as Edouard
- John Boylan as Cpl. Harold Bellringer
- Lenny George as Rolling Grass
- Ernestine Gamble as Small Face
- Vincent Daniels as Many Birds
- Sarain Stump as Napoleon Royal
Suzette Arcand, Edna Brittain, Marshall Brittain, Agnes Smallchild, Philomene Gamble, Mary Scott, Hub Donaldson, Maurice Dunster, Walter Mills, Antony Parr, Reg McReynolds, Bud Stilling and Stan Thomas also appear.
Production
Its filming locations were in Saskatchewan's Battleford, Duck Lake, and Saskatoon.
References
External links
- Alien Thunder at IMDb
- Alien Thunder is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
Categories:
- 1974 films
- Canadian films
- Canadian drama films
- English-language films
- 1970s Western (genre) films
- Canadian independent films
- Troma Entertainment films
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police in fiction
- Films set in the Canadian Prairies
- Films based on actual events
- Canadian Western (genre) films
- Northern films
- Film scores by Georges Delerue
- 1970s Canadian film stubs
- 1970s Western (genre) film stubs