The Last Hunter
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The Last Hunter (Template:Lang-it) is a 1980 Italian "macaroni combat" directed by Antonio Margheriti and starring David Warbeck and Tony King. Initially made to capitalize on the success of The Deer Hunter, The Last Hunter marked the first Euro War set during the Vietnam War, as opposed to World War II like all previous entries in the subgenre.
While not prosecuted for obscenity, the film was seized and confiscated in the UK under Section 3 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959 during the video nasty panic
Plot
Following the suicide of his best friend, Captain Harry Morris (David Warbeck) accepts a final deadly mission to go behind enemy lines to destroy a radio tower that is broadcasting anti-war propaganda spoken by an American woman to American troops.
Cast
- David Warbeck as Captain Henry Morris
- Tisa Farrow as Jane Foster
- Tony King as Sgt. George Washington
- Bobby Rhodes as Carlos
- Margit Evelyn Newton as Carol
- John Steiner as Major Bill Cash
- Massimo Vanni as Phillips
- Luciano Pigozzi as Bartender
