Search and Destroy (1979 film)

Search and Destroy
Search and Destroy
Directed by	William Fruet
Written by	Don Enright
Produced by	James Margellos
Starring	Perry King; Don Stroud; Tisa Farrow
Cinematography	René Verzier
Music by	Martin Deller; Cameron Hawkins; Ben Mink
Release date	1979;
Language	English

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]

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[]

Perry King as Kip Moore
Don Stroud as Buddy Grant
Tisa Farrow as Kate Barthel
George Kennedy as Anthony Fusqua
Jong Soo Park as Assassin
Tony Sheer as Frank Malone
Phil Aikin as Rosie Washington
Rummy Bishop as Ernie Cappel
Daniel Buccos as Sinclair
Rob Garrison as R.J.

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[]

^ 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.
^ Cohn, Lawrence L.. "Review: Search and Destroy". Variety (303). June 10, 1981. p. 20.
^ Herridge, Frances. "Search and destroy" New York Post. June 6, 1981. p. 12.
^ "Search and Destroy". 21 November 2016.
^ "Search & Destroy".

External links[]

Search and Destroy at IMDb

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[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] Cohn, Lawrence L.. "Review: Search and Destroy". Variety (303). June 10, 1981. p. 20.

[3] Herridge, Frances. "Search and destroy" New York Post. June 6, 1981. p. 12.

[4] "Search and Destroy". 21 November 2016.

[5] "Search & Destroy".

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