Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969)

Regisseur:

Mark Robson

Drehbuchautoren:

Larry Cohen (story)
Larry Cohen (screenplay) ...

Premierendatum:

2. Juli 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller

Werbezeile:

When does the love story become a nightmare!

Plot:

A mentally disturbed man stalks a woman who had once aborted the child he had fathered. |

Plot Keywords:

Stalking | Federal Bureau Of Investigation | Psychological Thriller | Toddler | Psycho Thriller

Nutzerkommentare:

Wrong Message available

Besetzung

Carol White	...	Cathy Palmer
Paul Burke	...	Jack Byrnes
Mala Powers	...	Meg Stone
Scott Hylands	...	Kenneth Daly
James Sikking	...	Joe Menchell
Walter Brooke	...	Jerry Wolfe
Mathilda Calnan	...	Ilsa (as Matilda Calnan)
Gene Lyons	...	Dr. Blanker
Dennis Patrick	...	Dr. Parkington
Barry Cahill	...	FBI Agent Crosley

Alternativ:

Mann mit dem Katzenkäfig, Der (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

108 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono | Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Altersfreigabe:

West Germany:18 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:M (original rating) | USA:PG

Drehorte:

San Francisco, California, USA

Firma:

Red Lion

Soundtrack:

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

Wrong Message available

I suppose Right-to-Life supporters will find a workable premise in this film for their political agenda. Another reviewer has noted that and this requires no further comment. However, this film did stick in my mind after having seen in in '69. The only actor of note was Paul Burke who was the young cop in TV's Naked City. I found myself wondering who were Scott Hylands and Carol White? Truth is, after having refreshed my viewpoint visiting this site, I still bring up little memory of them beyond this film. The film itself is an interesting story of a young ne'er-do-well who lives on the edge (his only productive activity is trying to build a Rube Goldberg arrangement to condition his cat not to eat his bird) who gets dumped by his live-in love who aborts his kid. She goes on to marry Paul Burke, handsome, successful and our kinda guy. Later, the dumped boyfriend strangles the doctor (with his stethoscope, of course) and kidnaps the ex-girlfriendie's kid. It goes on from there with a decent thriller ending, showing that you don't mess with mothers. All in all, not a bad film for an evening's viewing, albeit I, like the first reviewer, have serious reservations about the mixed message of choices women make about their bodies. But, that's a discussion topic for another time and place...