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Directed by | Earl E. Smith |
Produced by | Earl E. Smith Barbara Pryor |
Screenplay by | Earl E. Smith |
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Betty Bronson Ford Sterling Louise Dresser Lawrence Gray Henry B. Walthall Raymond Hitchcock Stuart Holmes Slim Pickens |
Music by | Jaime Mendoza-Nava |
Cinematography | James W. Roberson |
Edited by | Tom Boutross |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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114 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Shadow of Chikara is a 1977 American horror and western film written and directed by Earl E. Smith. The film stars Joe Don Baker, Sondra Locke, Ted Neeley, Dennis Fimple, John Davis Chandler, Linda Dano and Slim Pickens. The film was released on July 15, 1977, by Paramount Pictures.
Confederate veterans of the last battle of the Civil War set out to find a hidden treasure: diamonds hidden in a cave. However, the soldiers find they are being followed by a mysterious hunter (or hunters) who may have a connection to a mythic eagle spirit.