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Directed by | Claude Fournier |
Produced by | Marie-José Raymond |
Written by | George Malko |
Starring |
Donald Sutherland Gordon Tootoosis Chief Dan George Kevin McCarthy Jean Duceppe |
Music by | Georges Delerue |
Cinematography | Claude Fournier |
Edited by | Yves Langlois |
Production
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Onyx Films
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Distributed by | Ambassador Film Distributors (Canada) American International Pictures (USA release) Cinerama Releasing Corporation |
Release date
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February 22, 1974 |
Running time
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93 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Budget | $1,500,000 |
Alien Thunder (also known as Dan Candy's Law) is a 1974 Canadian western film directed by Claude Fournier and starring Donald Sutherland.
Based on a true story, the movie follows a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer who wants to give an Indian a fair trial for the murder of a fellow officer before he winds up being executed.
The movie was not a financial success.
Its filming locations were in Saskatchewan's Battleford, Duck Lake, and Saskatoon.