''Moonfire'' is a 1970
action
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* Action (narrative), a literary mode
* Action fiction, a type of genre fiction
* Action game, a genre of video game
Film
* Action film, a genre of film
* ''Action'' (1921 film), a film by John Ford
* ''Action'' (1980 fil ...
adventure
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film written, produced, and directed by Michael Parkhurst. It was photographed in the
De Luxe colour system.
It starred
Richard Egan,
Charles Napier, and former
World Heavyweight Champion
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boxer
Sonny Liston. It portrays truckers battling a Nazi hiding in Mexico. There is a subplot about the disappearance of a reclusive billionaire.
"Moonfire"
Internet Movie Database. Retrieved: 2012-05-12.
Cast
* Richard Egan – Sam Blue
* Charles Napier – Robert W. Morgan
* Sonny Liston – The Farmer
* Dayton Lummis
Dayton Lummis (August 8, 1903 – March 23, 1988) was an American film, television and theatre actor. He was perhaps best known for playing the role of General Douglas MacArthur in the 1955 film ''The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell''. Lummis d ...
– Fuentes
* Joaquín Martínez
Joaquín Martínez (November 5, 1930 – January 3, 2012) was a Mexican-born American film, theatre and television actor. Often appearing in Westerns, Martínez had roles in '' Jeremiah Johnson'', in which he played a Crow chief, and ''Ulzana' ...
– Lazaro (as Joaquin Martinez)
* Richard Bull – Hawkins
* Rodolfo Hoyos, Jr. – Pedro (as Rudolfo Hoyos)
* Jose Gonzales-Gonzales – Jesus (as Jose Gonzales Gonzales)
* William Wintersole
William Wintersole (July 30, 1931 – November 5, 2019) was an American actor who appeared on ''The Young and the Restless'' for over 20 years as Mitchell Sherman, as well as on '' General Hospital'' as Ted Ballantine.
A character actor, Winters ...
– Larry Benjamin
* Patricia Magrini – Benjamin's Secretary
* Duncan Inches – Benjamin's Assistant #1
* Jack Dickson – Benjamin's Assistant #2
* Rod Bird – Messenger
* Sandy Rosenthal – Ira Morris
* Ira Morris – Message Reader in Truck Stop
* Alfred G. Bosnos – Truck Broker (as Al Bosnos)
* Sam Dermengian – A.C.C. Inspector
* Robert Panizza – Tourist in Cadillac
* Malcolm Alexander – Jesse James
* Monica Marie – Ice Cream Girl
* Sarah Dobbs – Motel Girl
* Roger Galloway – Multiple Roles
See also
* List of American films of 1970
This is a list of American films released in 1970.
''Patton'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
The top-grossing film at the U.S. box office was ''Airport''.
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See also
* 1970 in ...
References
External links
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1970 films
1970s action adventure films
American action adventure films
Films set in Mexico
Trucker films
1970s English-language films
1970s American films
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