Harry Tracy, Desperado

Harry Tracy, Desperado
Directed by	William A. Graham
Written by	David Lee Henry R. Lance Hill
Produced by	Sid & Marty Krofft
Starring	Bruce Dern Gordon Lightfoot Helen Shaver Michael C. Gwynne
Cinematography	Allen Daviau
Edited by	Ron Wisman
Music by	Micky Erbe Maribeth Solomon
Distributed by	Astral Films
Release date	December 17, 1982
Running time	107 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English
Budget	$ 8,300,000 (estimated)

Harry Tracy, Desperado is a 1982 Canadian drama Western film starring Bruce Dern and Helen Shaver. It was directed by William A. Graham, and filmed on-location in Historical Barkerville, British Columbia. "My Love for You" was sung by Gordon Lightfoot, who also appears as U.S. Marshal Nathan. The film was released on DVD under the title Harry Tracy: The Last of the Wild Bunch in the United States.

Plot[]

By the end of the 19th century, Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, John Wesley Hardin, and virtually all of the Old West's legendary outlaws are either dead or in jail pending execution-all of them, that is, except train robber and escape artist extraordinaire, Harry Tracy.

As the last survivor of the Wild Bunch, Harry pulls off a series of profitable robberies before making his way west to Portland, Oregon, in search of Catherine Tuttle, a judge's daughter with whom he is in love. Instead, Harry is betrayed, arrested, and imprisoned.

Tracy escapes and becomes the target of the largest manhunt in the history of North America. He seeks out Catherine, who joins him in his flight, and their love deepens under the constant threat of capture. With hundreds of posses and national guardsmen on their heels, Tracy knows that he has only two options: surrender or die. When a posse traps Tracy in a barn, he kills himself rather than return to jail.

Production[]

The film was shot throughout Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. The farm of Gordon Lightfoot's character was previously featured in the 1978 film Superman: The Movie.^[1] The Portland street scenes including a period street-car were filmed in Victoria, B.C. where the pavement of a long block of Johnson Street was covered with dirt and rails were installed to replicate Portland of the era. Interior shots were done inside a local period house and horseback chase scenes were filmed along shoreline trails in a park adjacent to Victoria's inner harbour.^{[citation needed]}

Recognition[]

• 1983
  • Genie Award for Best Achievement in Film Editing - Ron Wisman - Nominated
  • Genie Award for Best Achievement in Overall Sound - Rod Haykin, David Appleby, Don White - Nominated
  • Genie Award for Best Achievement in Sound Editing - Bruce Carwardine, , Glen Gauthier, Tim Roberts,
  • Genie Award for Best Motion Picture - - Nominee
  • Genie Award for Best Original Song - - Nominee
  • Genie Award for Best Performance by a Foreign Actor - Bruce Dern - Nominated
  • Genie Award for Best Original Screenplay - - Nominated

See also[]

• Harry Tracy

References[]

External links[]

• Harry Tracy, Desperado at IMDb
• Harry Tracy, Desperado at Rotten Tomatoes

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