---
title: 'Death Hunt (1980)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Peter R. Hunt'
released: '1980-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 97
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/death-hunt-1980'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082247/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Death Hunt (1980)

1980 · R · 97 min · Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

Death Hunt is a 1981 Western action film directed by Peter Hunt. The film stars Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Carl Weathers, Maury Chaykin, Ed Lauter and Andrew Stevens. Death Hunt was a fictionalized account of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) pursuit of a man named Albert Johnson. Earlier films exploring the same topic were The Mad Trapper (1972), a British made-for-television production and Challenge to Be Free (1975).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Peter R. Hunt](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-r-hunt)
- **Screenplay:** [Mark Victor](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-victor), [Michael Grais](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-grais)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jerrold Immel](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerrold-immel)
- **Producer:** [Murray Shostak](https://cinepixo.com/people/murray-shostak)

## Cast

- [Tantoo Cardinal](https://cinepixo.com/people/tantoo-cardinal)
- [Carl Weathers](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-weathers)
- [Angie Dickinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/angie-dickinson)
- [August Schellenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/august-schellenberg)
- [Richard Davalos](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-davalos)
- [Len Lesser](https://cinepixo.com/people/len-lesser)
- [Jon Cedar](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-cedar)
- [Lee Marvin](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-marvin)
- [William Sanderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-sanderson)
- [Charles Bronson](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-bronson)
- [Scott Hylands](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-hylands)
- [Ed Lauter](https://cinepixo.com/people/ed-lauter)
- [Maury Chaykin](https://cinepixo.com/people/maury-chaykin)
- [Andrew Stevens](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-stevens)
- [Henry Beckman](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-beckman)

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