The Mad Trapper (1972 Film)
''The Mad Trapper'' is a 1972 British made-for-television docudrama film. ''The Mad Trapper'' is based on the 1931 Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) pursuit of a trapper named Albert Johnson (criminal), Albert Johnson, the reputed "Mad Trapper of Rat River"."The Mad Trapper (1972)."
''IMDb''. Retrieved: 2 December 2014. A later film exploring the same topic was ''Challenge to Be Free'' (a.k.a. ''Mad Trapper of the Yukon'' and ''Mad Trapper'') (1975) directed by Tay Garnett and stars Mike Mazurki. A later fictionalized account, ''Death Hunt'' (1981), also based on the story of the RCMP pursuit of Albert Johnson, was directed by Peter R. Hunt, and starred Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson and Carl Weathers.
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David Cobham
Michael David Cobham (11 May 1930 – 25 March 2018) was a British film and TV producer and director, best known for the film ''Tarka the Otter''. He was also a first-class cricketer. Cricket career Cobham was educated at Stowe School, where he played for the school cricket team, before going up to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge to read natural sciences. He played minor counties cricket for Berkshire in the 1948 Minor Counties Championship, making five appearances. He later made an appearance in first-class cricket for the Free Foresters against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1953. He bowled ten wicket-less overs in Cambridge University's first-innings, before taking the wickets of Mike Bushby and Dennis Silk in their second-innings to finish with figures of 2 for 21 from seven overs. He failed to score while batting, being dismissed in the Free Foresters' first-innings by Myles Arkell and Raman Subba Row in their second-innings. Filmmaking career Cobham directed the ...
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