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Fate Is the Hunter

Year:

1964

Duration:

106 min

Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

IMDB rate:

7.2

Director:

Ralph Nelson

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1964-10-16

Filming Locations: Whiteman Airport - 12657 Osborne Street, Pacoima, Los Angeles, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Glenn Ford

Nancy Kwan

Sally Fraser

Rod Taylor

Capt. Jack Savage

Suzanne Pleshette

Martha Webster

Jane Russell

Herself

Wally Cox

Ralph Bundy

Nehemiah Persoff

Ben Sawyer

Mark Stevens

Mickey Doolan

Max Showalter

Dan Crawford

Constance Towers

Peg Burke

Howard St. John

Mark Hutchins

Robert J. Wilke

Stillman (as Robert Wilke)

Bert Freed

Dillon

Dort Clark

Ted Wilson

Mary Wickes

Mrs. Llewlyn

Robert F. Simon

Proctor

Stanley Adams

Bernie (uncredited)

Robert Adler

FBI Agent (uncredited)

Iris Adrian

Woman (uncredited)

François André

Technician (uncredited)

Evadne Baker

Secretary (uncredited)

Tony Barr

Coordinator (uncredited)

David Bedell

Technician (uncredited)

Jim Boles

Airline Passenger (uncredited)

Rusty Burrell

News Reporter (uncredited)

Marianna Case

D'Arcy (uncredited)

Angela Dawson

Child Killed in Crash (uncredited)

Kem Dibbs

FBI Agent (uncredited)

George Dockstader

Policeman (uncredited)

Robert Duggan

Reporter (uncredited)

Kort Falkenberg

Air Traffic Controller (uncredited)

Peter Ford

Attendant (uncredited)

Harold Goodwin

Art Baldwin (uncredited)

Pitt Herbert

Man (uncredited)

Joseph Hoover

Newsman (uncredited)

John Hubbard

Al Robbins (uncredited)

Morgan Justin

TV Camera Crewman (uncredited)

Rusty Lane

Supervisor (uncredited)

John Lawrence

Priest (uncredited)

Paul Lukather

News Reporter (uncredited)

Dorothy Malone

Lisa Bond (uncredited)

Paulene Myers

Mother (uncredited)

Joe Patridge

First Officer Murray (uncredited)

Marshall Reed

News Reporter (uncredited)

Christopher Riordan

Soldier in Audience (uncredited)

Joe Scott

Controller (uncredited)

James Secrest

Orderly (uncredited)

John Stevens

News Reporter (uncredited)

Harry Swoger

Airport Employee (uncredited)

Hal Taggart

Doctor (uncredited)

Ralph Thomas

News Reporter (uncredited)

Paul Trinka

WWII Navigator - Flashback Sequence (uncredited)

Richard Walsh

Radio Newsman (uncredited)

Arch Whiting

Party Guest (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Dorothy Malone did a cameo with Rod Taylor, during the pre-movie reviews, viewers wanted more of Dorothy, so they brought her back for another scene, but the credits had already been finished.

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Jane Russell considered herself semi retired at this time and agreed to do a cameo for her friend Aaron Rosenberg.

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Although Ernest K. Gann, who wrote book on which film was based, later claimed he was reportedly so unhappy with film that he demanded his name be removed, his name does indeed appear in credits as author of source material.

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Goofs

When the airliner loses both engines at the start of the movie (both apparently lost to fire), the aircraft still has lighting (both internally and even exterior landing lights). Without an auxiliary power unit, which no aircraft of this era had- the airplane would have gone instantly dark, with only limited instrument lighting in the cockpit furnished with battery power.

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The aircraft used for this movie - cobbled together from a Douglas propeller airliner - would be impossibly tail heavy with tail-mounted engines. The wings are too far forward. If it managed to achieve flight, it would instantly stall and crash.

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Following an oceanside plane crash, investigators open a suitcase they have "just fished out of the water" but neither the suitcase nor its contents are wet or even water-damaged.

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