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Harry Tracy, Desperado
Directed byWilliam A. Graham
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAllen Daviau
Edited byRon Wisman
Music by
Distributed byAstral Films
Release date
  • December 17, 1982 (1982-12-17)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Budget$ 8,300,000 (estimated)

Harry Tracy, Desperado is a 1982 Canadian drama Western film starring Bruce Dern and Helen Shaver. It was directed by William A. Graham, and filmed on-location in Historical Barkerville, British Columbia. "My Love for You" was sung by Gordon Lightfoot, who also appears as U.S. Marshal Nathan. The film was released on DVD under the title Harry Tracy: The Last of the Wild Bunch in the United States.

Plot

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By the end of the 19th century, Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, John Wesley Hardin, and virtually all of the Old West's legendary outlaws are either dead or in jail pending execution-all of them, that is, except train robber and escape artist extraordinaire, Harry Tracy.

As the last survivor of the Wild Bunch, Harry pulls off a series of profitable robberies before making his way west to Portland, Oregon, in search of Catherine Tuttle, a judge's daughter with whom he is in love. Instead, Harry is betrayed, arrested, and imprisoned.

Tracy escapes and becomes the target of the largest manhunt in the history of North America. He seeks out Catherine, who joins him in his flight, and their love deepens under the constant threat of capture. With hundreds of posses and national guardsmen on their heels, Tracy knows that he has only two options: surrender or die. When a posse traps Tracy in a barn, he kills himself rather than return to jail.

Production

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The film was shot throughout Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. The farm of Gordon Lightfoot's character was previously featured in the 1978 film Superman: The Movie.[1] The Portland street scenes including a period street-car were filmed in Victoria, B.C. where the pavement of a long block of Johnson Street was covered with dirt and rails were installed to replicate Portland of the era. Interior shots were done inside a local period house and horseback chase scenes were filmed along shoreline trails at Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park. From 1946 to 1952, the old farm house and barn were owned by the Spiritual Community of Christ, a commune of former Sons of Freedom, and later bought by the Corry de Condelo family who rented it in 1980 for the movie.[2]

Recognition

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References

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  1. ^ "SUPERMAN1978.COM ALEXANDER SALKIND PRESENTS MARLON BRANDO GENE HACKMAN SUPERMAN THE MOVIE STARRING CHRISTOPHER REEVE NED BEATTY JACKIE COOPER GLENN FORD TREVOR HOWARD MARGOT KIDDER VALERIE PERRINE MARIA SCHELL TERENCE STAMP PHYLLIS THAXTER SUSANNAH YORK STORY BY MARIO PUZO SCREENPLAY BY MARIO PUZO DAVID NEWMAN LESLIE NEWMAN AND ROBERT BENTON CREATIVE CONSULTANT TOM MANKIEWICZ DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY GEOFFREY UNSWORTH B.S.C. PRODUCTION DESIGNER JOHN BARRY MUSIC BY JOHN WILLIAMS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ILYA SALKIND PRODUCED BY PIERRE SPENGLER DIRECTED BY RICHARD DONNER AND ALEXANDER AND ILYA SALKIND PRODUCTION PANAVISION TECHNICOLOR DOLY STEREO IN SELECTED THEATRES RELEASED BY WARNER BROS. A WARNER COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY TRADEMARKS AND COPYRIGHT DC COMICS INC. 1978 Deleted, Alternate and Lost Scenes". Archived from the original on 2019-09-15. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  2. ^ de Condole, Richard (March 2020). "The Doukhobor Colony in Hilliers". Coomb B.C. - History Project. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
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