# Le Chasseur (1980)

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**Original title**: *The Hunter*
**Runtime**: 93 min
**Genres**: Thriller, Action, Comedy
**Directed by**: Buzz Kulik
**Written by**: Peter Hyams, Ted Leighton
**Starring**: Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach, Kathryn Harrold, LeVar Burton, Ben Johnson, Richard Venture

> *He's not as fast as he used to be... That's what makes him human. He's a bounty hunter... And that's what makes him dangerous.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Chicago. Autumn. A ringing telephone. Ralph Thorson chases bail-jumpers across state lines, each collar a calculated risk. But a prey becomes a target: a vengeful psychopath turns the hunter's skills against him.

A late-period Steve McQueen actioner with a strangely elegiac tone.

**Mood tags**: paranoid, raw

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