''Santee'' is a 1973 American Color
Western
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film directed by
Gary Nelson and starring
Glenn Ford
Gwyllyn Samuel Newton "Glenn" Ford (May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006) was a Canadian-American actor who often portrayed ordinary men in unusual circumstances. Ford was most prominent during Classical Hollywood cinema, Hollywood's Golden Age as ...
. It was one of the first motion pictures to be shot electronically on videotape, using Norelco PCP-70 portable plumbicon NTSC cameras and portable Ampex VR-1200 2" VTRs, before being transferred to film at
Consolidated Film Industries
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in Hollywood. It was the only film to be produced by
Edward Platt
Edward Cuthbert Platt (February 14, 1916 – March 19, 1974) was an American actor best known for his portrayal of the Chief in the 1965–70 NBC/CBS television series: ''Get Smart''. With his deep voice and mature appearance, he played an ...
(of ''
Get Smart
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'' fame).
Plot
Jody Deakes joins up with his father after many years, just to discover that his dad is part of an outlaw gang on the run from a relentless bounty hunter named Santee. Jody is orphaned soon after Santee catches up to the gang, and follows Santee in hopes of taking vengeance for his father's death. Instead, however, Jody discovers that Santee is a good and loving man, tormented by the death of his young son at the hands of another outlaw gang. Santee and his wife take Jody in and a
father
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and
son
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Social issues
In pre-industrial societies and some current c ...
relationship begins to grow. Then the gang that shot Santee's son shows up.
Cast
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Glenn Ford
Gwyllyn Samuel Newton "Glenn" Ford (May 1, 1916 – August 30, 2006) was a Canadian-American actor who often portrayed ordinary men in unusual circumstances. Ford was most prominent during Classical Hollywood cinema, Hollywood's Golden Age as ...
as Santee
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Michael Burns as Jody
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Dana Wynter
Dana Wynter (born Dagmar Winter; 8 June 19315 May 2011) was a German-born British actress, who was raised in the United Kingdom and southern Africa. She appeared in film and television for more than 40 years, beginning in the 1950s. Her best-know ...
as Valerie
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Jay Silverheels
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as John Crow
inal film performance*
Harry Townes
Harry Rhett Townes (September 18, 1914 – May 23, 2001) was an American actor who later became an Episcopalian minister.
Early life
Harry Townes was born in Huntsville, Alabama. the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Townes. He had a brother and ...
as Sheriff Carter
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John Larch
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Early life and military service
John Larch was born Harold Aronin to Jewish parents in Sal ...
as Banner
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Robert Wilke as Deaks
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Robert Donner
Robert Donner (April 27, 1931 – June 8, 2006) was an American television and film actor.
Early life and career
Donner was born in New York City and raised in New Jersey, Michigan and Texas. He spent four years in the United States Navy ...
as J.C.
* Taylor Lacher as Lance
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John Bailey as Homesteader
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X Brands
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as Hook
* Caruth C. Byrd as Piano Player
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Chuck Courtney as Grayson
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Lindsay Crosby
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as Horn
* William Ford as Postmaster
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John Hart as Cobbles
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Russ McCubbin as Rafe
* Robert Mellard as Jonesy
* Brad Merhage as Santee's Son
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Places Canada
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United States
* Boyd County (disambiguation)
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as Stagecoach Driver
* Ben Zeller as Freddie
See also
*
List of American films of 1973
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
References
*''John Willis'' Screen World 1974 Escrito por John Willis
External links
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1970s English-language films
1973 Western (genre) films
1973 films
American Western (genre) films
Crown International Pictures films
Films directed by Gary Nelson
1970s American films
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