Alien Thunder

Alien Thunder
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
Release date	1974 (1974)
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.

External links

• Alien Thunder at IMDb
• Alien Thunder is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive