El que mató por placer

El que mató por placer (1962)

War Hunt

Corea, mayo de 1953. Después del periodo de instrucción aparece la verdadera realidad de la guerra, la crueldad, la pobreza y la incertidumbre de si uno será el próximo en la lista de bajas. Roy Loomis es uno de los nuevos reclutas que llega a primera línea de fuego. Allí conoce a Raymond Endore, un hombre solitario que tiene por costumbre salir a cazar enemigos de noche. La presencia de Charlie, un niño coreano que convive con los soldados, servirá como nexo de unión para forjar una extraña relación entre Endore y Loomis.

Fecha de estreno
1962-05-01
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (28)
Duración
1 h 23 min
Géneros
Drama, Bélica
Director
Denis Sanders

Reparto

Curiosidades

  • Premios: 1 · Nominaciones: 0. Incluyendo: National Board of Review a las 10 Películas más Destacadas

War Hunt is a 1962 war film directed by Denis Sanders and starring John Saxon, Robert Redford and Charles Aidman. Produced by Terry Sanders for T-D Enterprises, and released by United Artists, the film features the film debuts of Sydney Pollack and Tom Skerritt and the first major role for Redford. Redford and Pollack met on the set of the film as actors.

Production

The film was shot in 15 days for US$250,000. Francis Ford Coppola drove a truck in the film and associate producer Noel Black worked as an electrician. The Sanders brothers, who started in Hollywood as second unit directors of the river sequences in The Night of the Hunter, shot most of the film at night to hide their low budget.

Producer Terry Sanders sent the script to the Pentagon in the hope that the Army might provide technical assistance. The Army replied that it objected to many portions of the script, such as a private soldier being an independent professional killer with his commanding officer's approval, a scene in which the captain calls a sergeant an "idiot", and scenes the Army thought "too gruesome to be in good taste".

John Saxon received top billing, but the film is best remembered for Robert Redford's appearance.

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