Search_and_Destroy_(1979_film)

<i>Search and Destroy</i> (1979 film)

Search and Destroy (1979 film)

1979 film

Search and Destroy is a 1979 Canadian action-thriller film directed by William Fruet and starring Perry King, Don Stroud, and Tisa Farrow.[1][2][3]

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Plot

Members of a Vietnam veteran's old Army unit start turning up dead in Los Angeles and Niagara Falls. Ex-Colonel Kip Moore (Perry King), is pressed by Upstate New York police for details. Meanwhile, a mysterious killer with a black glove is on the loose.

Cast

Reception

Really Awful Movies called it..."Great Canadian exploitation fun,"[4] while TV Guide said Search and Destroy was an "empty variation on the "let's win in Vietnam" theme that emerged in the years following the American defeat."[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Devine, Jeremy M. (1999). Vietnam at 24 Frames a Second: A Critical and Thematic Analysis of Over 400 Films about the Vietnam War. University of Texas Press, 1999. ISBN 029271601X.
  2. [2]
    Cohn, Lawrence L.. "Review: Search and Destroy". Variety (303). June 10, 1981. p. 20.
  3. [3]
    Herridge, Frances. "Search and destroy" New York Post. June 6, 1981. p. 12.
  4. [4]
    "Search and Destroy". 21 November 2016.
  5. [5]
    "Search & Destroy".


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