''Daddy's Gone A-Hunting'' is a 1969 American
thriller film
Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre. ...
directed by
Mark Robson and starring
Carol White
Carole Joan White (1 April 1943 – 16 September 1991) was an English actress.
White became famous for her performances in the television play ''Cathy Come Home'' (1966) and the films ''Poor Cow'' (1967) and '' I'll Never Forget What's ' ...
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Paul Burke, and
Scott Hylands. Its title comes from the lullaby "
Bye, baby Bunting". A
novelization
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of the film was released in the same year.
This is the first film directed by Robson after his 1967 box office hit ''
Valley of the Dolls''.
Plot
Cathy Palmer, a young British woman, moves to
San Francisco
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, where she meets Kenneth Daly and begins a relationship with him. She becomes pregnant, but when she sees another side of Kenneth's personality, she decides to break off their engagement and abort the pregnancy.
Some time later, Cathy meets and marries Jack Byrnes, who has political ambitions. Kenneth, however, continues to be disturbed by the way Cathy ended their romance, and soon comes back into her life. After Cathy gives birth to Jack's baby, Kenneth demands that she kill the child as retribution for the one she aborted earlier.
Cast
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Carol White
Carole Joan White (1 April 1943 – 16 September 1991) was an English actress.
White became famous for her performances in the television play ''Cathy Come Home'' (1966) and the films ''Poor Cow'' (1967) and '' I'll Never Forget What's ' ...
as Cathy Palmer
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Paul Burke as Jack Byrnes
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Mala Powers
Mary Ellen "Mala" Powers (December 20, 1931 – June 11, 2007) was an American actress.
Early life
Powers was born in San Francisco. Her father was a United Press Associations executive, while her mother was a minister. In 1940, her family mov ...
as Meg Stone
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Scott Hylands as Kenneth Daly
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James Sikking as Joe Menchell
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Walter Brooke as Jerry Wolfe
* Matilda Calnan as Ilsa
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Gene Lyons as Dr. Blanker
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Dennis Patrick as Dr. Parkington
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Rachel Ames
Rachel Ames (born Rachel Kay Foulger; November 2, 1929) is an American actress. She is known for playing the role of Audrey Hardy on the ABC Daytime soap opera ''General Hospital'' (1964 to 2007, returning for appearances in 2009, 2013, and 2015 ...
as Dr. Parkington's Nurse
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Barry Cahill as FBI Agent Crosley
Critical reception
The film received praise for its climactic sequence atop the
Mark Hopkins Hotel, but also earned criticism for its plot devices and dialog.
Roger Ebert
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wrote ''Daddy's Gone A-Hunting'' "has a lot of things wrong with it, but it does function on the promised level. It absorbs you, it places the macabre firmly in the midst of the commonplace (like good Hitchcock), and in the end it really does scare you".
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See also
* List of American films of 1969
This is a list of American films released in 1969 in film, 1969.
Box office
The highest-grossing American films released in 1969, by domestic box office gross revenue as estimated by ''The Numbers (website), The Numbers'', are as follows:
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References
External links
''Daddy's Gone A-Hunting''
at Warner Bros.
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1960s American films
1960s English-language films
1960s thriller films
1969 films
American films about revenge
American pregnancy films
American thriller films
English-language thriller films
Films about abortion in the United States
Films about revenge
Films about stalking
Films directed by Mark Robson
Films scored by John Williams
Films set in San Francisco
Films shot in San Francisco
Films with screenplays by Lorenzo Semple Jr.
Films with screenplays by Larry Cohen
National General Pictures films
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