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6F COURIER-POST, Sunday, May 24, 1981 it 'Death Hunt sin Bronson, Marvin DeaJ j. 'Death Hunt' aalu. BwftCUtlM cocky Floyd Gibbons) joins the chase in addition to dozens of bounty The conclusion is as satisfying as the rest of the picture. Bronson con veys much as Johnson, and Marvin is at his cynical best Angie Dckin- son is briefly effective as Marvin's mistress and the rest of the cast is excellent. 'C back the fugitive, Time and again, the lone Johnson eludes his would-be captors, through surprise attacks, dynamiting of his cabin, pursuit across the icy tundras.

He manages to stay one step ahead. When the search makes international headlines and a reward is posted for Johnson's capture, the Canadian Air Force (in the person of some other trappers. Marvin depises Louter and feels that Johnson acted out of self-defense, so he has no taste for the hunt. He tries to persuade Johnson to give himself up and return with him, telling Johnson he will be freed within three days. THIS FAILS, so he is forced to continue the assignment to bring Sundog riaiai Pint N4Warrn.

Maury Mckmaii San4arait By BERNARD DREW Gannett News Service Peter Hunt's "Death Hunt" is an intelligent, exciting and breathtak-ingly beautiful film based on the 1931 Royal Canadian Mounted Police search for Albert Johnson in the Yukon. The movie stars Charles Bronson as the quarry and Lee Marvin as the hunter, and both are in peak form. Albert Johnson is a loner in the Canadian Northwest Territories, who stumbles onto a cruel dogfight which leaves one dog nearly dead. Outraged, he purchases the animal for $200, tossing the money contemptuously to the dog's vicious owner, Ed Lauter. Lauter is not MOVIE REVIEW happy with Johnson's attitude and immediately vows vengeance.

HE AND some other trappers pursue Johnson to his log cabin where he has nursed the animal back to health. They fire at the cabin and Johnson returns the volley, killing one of them. Grizzled, rum-soaked, disillusioned Sergeant Lee Marvin of the Mounties is reluctantly brought into action and compelled to lead the manhunt for Johnson. Accompanying him are Mounties Carl Weathers, idealistic young rookie Andrew Stevens, Louter and JAZZ in South Jersey Auletto's Proudly Presents an evening with FREE TICKETS SUMMER FESTIVAL otttie PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA at the WOODY till and his new 'The Burning' fizzles under barrage of gore a MANN MUSIC CENTER TUESDAY. JUNE 16 8:00 P.M.

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