'' Search and Destroy'' is a 1979 Canadian action-thriller film directed by

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and starring

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, and

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Plot

Members of a Vietnam veteran's old Army unit start turning up dead in Los Angeles and Niagara Falls. Ex-Colonel Kip Moore (Perry King), is pressed by Upstate New York police for details. Meanwhile, a mysterious killer with a black glove is on the loose.

Cast

as Kip Moore *

as Buddy Grant *

as Kate Barthel *

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as Anthony Fusqua * Jong Soo Park as Assassin * Tony Sheer as Frank Malone * Phil Aikin as Rosie Washington * Rummy Bishop as Ernie Cappel * Daniel Buccos as Sinclair * Rob Garrison as R.J.

Reception

Really Awful Movies called it..."Great Canadian exploitation fun," while ''

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'' said ''Search and Destroy'' was an "empty variation on the "let's win in Vietnam" theme that emerged in the years following the American defeat."

References

External links

* Canadian action thriller films English-language Canadian films 1970s action thriller films Films directed by William Fruet Vietnam War films 1970s English-language films 1970s Canadian films English-language action thriller films {{action-thriller-film-stub