Endangered Species (1982 film)

Endangered Species
Directed by	Alan Rudolph
Written by	Alan Rudolph John Binder Judson Klinger Richard Clayton Woods
Produced by	Carolyn Pfeiffer
Starring	Robert Urich JoBeth Williams Paul Dooley Hoyt Axton Peter Coyote Marin Kanter Gailard Sartain Dan Hedaya Harry Carey, Jr. John Considine
Cinematography	Paul Lohmann
Edited by	Tom Walls
Music by	Gary Wright
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	MGM/UA Entertainment Co
Release date	September 10, 1982
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1,474,249

Endangered Species is a 1982 science fiction film directed and co-written by Alan Rudolph.

Plot

Thriller about a New York ex-cop and an attractive female sheriff who fall in love while investigating a string of mysterious cattle mutilations in a small Colorado town. Urich is great as Reuben Castle, the retired alcoholic police lieutenant out visiting the town with his tomboy daughter. At first he tries to stay out of the case but finds himself involved after the mysterious death of his friend Joe Hiatt, the editor of the local paper whose theories about black helicopters have aroused the ire of cattle baron Ben Morgan. Trying miserably to stay sober, Castle finds himself back in danger and in love, as he and the sheriff work together to get to the bottom of the mystery, encountering incredible danger and resistance from the frightened locals.

Taglines: What you don't know can kill you.

The character Susan is played by Heather Menzies-Urich, Robert Urich's Real wife. Menzies was Louisa, one of the children in The Sound of Music (1965).

Cast

• Robert Urich as Ruben Castle
• JoBeth Williams as Harriet Perdue
• Hoyt Axton as Ben Morgan
• Peter Coyote as Steele
• Dan Hedaya as Peck
• Paul Dooley as Joe Hiatt
• Marin Kanter as Mackenzie Castle
• Gailard Sartain as The Mayor
• Harry Carey Jr. as Dr. Emmer
• John Considine as Burnside

External links

• Endangered Species at IMDb
• Endangered Species at Box Office Mojo
• Endangered Species at Rotten Tomatoes