Choke Canyon (1986)
Pilgrim Corporation has leased Choke Canyon to research physicist David Lowell for 99 years. Lowell has built an impressive research laboratory there. When Pilgrim suddenly needs Choke Canyon for toxic waste storage, they resort to violence to force out the renitent Lowell. However, Pilgrim Corportation vastly underestimates Lowell, who is a tenacious, principled, and ingenious man.
- Date of release
- 1986-05-02
- TMDB
- 5.2 / 10 (12)
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Action, Science Fiction
- Director
- Charles Bail
Casting
- Stephen Collins — Dr. David Lowell
- Bo Svenson — Capt. Oliver Parkside
- Janet Julian — Vanessa Pilgrim
- Lance Henriksen — Brook Alastair
- Nicholas Pryor — John Pilgrim
- Victoria Racimo — Rachel
- Robert F. Hoy — Buck
- Walter Robles — Jim
Interesting facts
Choke Canyon is a 1986 American film. It stars Stephen Collins as a "cowboy scientist" trying to develop an alternative energy source. It was filmed mostly in the vicinity of Moab, Utah.
Production
Parts of the film were shot at Onion Creek, Professor Valley, the Moab Sand Flats, Dead Horse Point, Byrd's Ranch, Squaw Park, and Moab in Utah. Collins had to learn to ride a horse and get into great shape for the movie. He found it fun to play a "two fisted tough guy".
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