The Hunting Party Page #2

Synopsis: The rich and ruthless rancher Brandt Ruger keeps his beautiful young wife Melissa like a part of his property, subdued to his will. But one day she's kidnapped by the famous outlaw Frank Calder - just to teach him reading, so he tells her. Calder doesn't know or care who's wife she is. He takes care of her well, and eventually Melissa falls in love with him. But Ruger feels humiliated. Full of hate, he sets out to kill him - and Melissa too, if necessary. Together with his friends and the newest technology in guns, which carry 800 yards, he initiates a battue on Calder and his gang.
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Director(s): Don Medford
Production: MGM
 
IMDB:
6.5
R
Year:
1971
111 min
67 Views


And you ought to realize

there's no way you can keep me.

I am getting out of here

one way or another.

You go right ahead, lady.

Oh, God damn it, Frank.

Ain't we wore out enough without you

playing games with that woman?

We ride all day,

that saddle burning my ass...

You wanna bed down

with Crimp or me?

Bounty hunters shootin' at us

from every direction,

vigilantes, posses.

I don't know. Son of a b*tch.

I don't know what it's all comin' to.

I never had a job

like this in my...

You ain't too bad.

For a schoolteacher.

If you think you're going to get

a lot of money for me, you're wrong.

They'll be coming

after us, you know.

A lot of men.

Why? They short of

teachers back there?

I am not a teacher.

I am Brandt Ruger's wife.

I am!

I am Brandt Ruger's wife!

It don't matter

whose wife you are.

There ain't nothin'

he can do about it.

Why do you want

to learn to read?

'Cause I can't.

Who the goddamn hell

would stop a train

in the middle of the goddamn night?

Brandt?

Mr. Ruger,

your wife's been kidnapped.

Sheriff says Frank Calder took her

and they're headed north.

Ever kill a man, Matt?

No! Not actually.

This'll do it.

Seven... eight hundred yards.

Winchester's good for 350 yards.

Jesus Christ Himself

couldn't get any more range out of it.

This is 800.

What exactly

are you getting at, Brandt?

A little hunting trip.

If you mean

help the posse, Brandt...

I mean, we're all gonna help.

He's not thinking

about helping anybody.

Hang back and pick 'em off,

like trailing bear.

- That's right.

- That Calder bunch?

Why, they're hired gunfighters.

More than 20 of 'em.

Jim Loring, the Thompson brothers,

Hog Warren, Doc Harrison...

You mean to say

that we go up against them?

Up close, no.

But from a distance.

Come on, honey.

You're gonna get it!

Come on!

It's gonna be all right, Brandt.

There'll be...

some kind of ransom.

A note. Something.

You pay it,

and Melissa'll be back with you,

and it'll be all over.

How old a man is Calder?

Is he a big man?

About average, I guess.

Melissa is gonna be all right.

You've gotta believe that.

Oh, sure.

Maybe he'll give her a kid,

and I'll have an outlaw bastard

running 'round the house.

Jesus Christ, Brandt.

Out of respect for Melissa!

What the hell do you think he's gonna

do with her... sing church hymns?

I guess I know

how you feel, but...

He's gonna pass her 'round.

After he's through with that,

maybe 15 or 20 of 'em.

He'll accept 40 or $50,000

of my money. Thank you very much.

Now, hold on!

My Virginia-educated, butter-wouldn't-

melt in-her-mouth wife used like a whore!

Then I have to take her back

pregnant with a bastard!

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William W. Norton

William Wallace "Bill" Norton, Jr. (September 24, 1925 – October 1, 2010) was an American screenwriter. Later in life, he was convicted of gun running in France when he tried to send arms from the United States to the Irish National Liberation Army in Northern Ireland. After being released from prison, he moved to Nicaragua, where he shot and killed an intruder in his Managua home. He later spent a year living in Cuba but became disillusioned with Communism and was reportedly smuggled from Mexico into the U.S. by his ex-wife. more…

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