The Tender Warrior (1971)

THE HILARIOUS ADVENTURES OF A MODERN DAY TOM SAWYER...

The sheriff of a small Georgia town on the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp does nothing to stop a family of white-trash moonshiners from trapping and killing defenseless animals. But Sammy, a young swamp-boy, takes matters into his own hands. Assisted by his pet chimp, Chuck, Sammy launches a campaign to free the trapped animals.

Date of release
1971-04-01
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
Adventure
Director
Stewart Raffill

Casting

Interesting facts

The Tender Warrior is a 1971 film directed by Stewart Raffill and starring Dan Haggerty and Charles Lee. It was Raffill's debut feature as director.

Production

Stewart Raffill was an animal supervisor who would rent animals to films and TV series. He saved up enough money to finance this film. It was shot at the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia. Raffill sold it to Warner Bros., was unhappy with what they did with it, bought it back, and re-distributed it.

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