Wolf Lake (film)

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Wolf Lake
Directed byBurt Kennedy
Written byBurt Kennedy
Produced byLance Hool
StarringRod Steiger
CinematographyCarlos Montaño
Álex Phillips Jr.
Edited byWarner E. Leighton
Music byKen Thorne
Production
company
Distributed byFilmcorp Distribution
Release date
February 8, 1978
Running time
88 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Wolf Lake is a 1978 thriller film directed by Burt Kennedy and starring Rod Steiger and Robin Mattson.[1]

Plot[edit]

A group of men travel to a duck hunt in the Northwest. One of them, Charlie, is hoping to travel and forget the grief he has over his son's death in Vietnam. When he learns that David, the young caretaker of the lakehouse they are staying at, is a deserter, Charlie goes berserk and hunts David and his fiancé

Cast[edit]

Production[edit]

The film was an early production for Melvin Simon Productions made in 1977. Although set in Canada, the film was made in Chihuahua in Mexico.[2]

Release[edit]

The film received a test release on October 16, 1981, under the name The Honor Guard in Colorado Springs, Las Vegas and Pueblo, Colorado with a limited theatrical release in the United States in 1982.[3][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Wolf Lake (1978) - Burt Kennedy | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
  2. ^ a b Lor. (July 25, 1984). "Film Reviews: Wolf Lake". Variety.
  3. ^ "Filmcorp Test-Dating 'Relatives' And 'Guard'". Variety. October 7, 1981. p. 14.

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