Summaries

A former New York City cop relocates to rural Colorado, where he teams with a sheriff investigating a series of bizarre cattle mutilations occurring in the region.

Thriller about a New York ex-cop and an attractive female sheriff who fall in love while investigating a string of mysterious cattle mutilations in a small Colorado town. Urich is great as Reuben Castle, the retired alcoholic police lieutenant out visiting the town with his tomboy daughter. At first he tries to stay out of the case but finds himself involved after the mysterious death of his friend Joe Hiatt, the editor of the local paper whose theories about black helicopters have aroused the ire of cattle baron Ben Morgan. Trying miserably to stay sober, Castle finds himself back in danger and in love, as he and the sheriff work together to get to the bottom of the mystery, encountering incredible danger and resistance from the frightened locals.—Unknown

Details

Keywords
  • male rear nudity
  • brief male frontal nudity
  • 16 year old
  • female sheriff
  • cattle mutilation
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Mystery
  • Drama
Release date Sep 9, 1982
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations Buffalo, Wyoming, USA
Production companies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Alive Enterprises

Box office

Budget $7000000
Gross US & Canada $1474249
Gross worldwide $1474249

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 37m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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