''The Huntress'' is an American

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television series that aired for one season of 28 episodes on the

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, from July 26, 2000, to September 9, 2001. It was developed by Pamela Norris, and based on the 1996 biography of the same name by Christopher Keane about

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Dottie Thorson, played by

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. Dottie was the widow of bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson, the subject of the 1980

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film '' The Hunter''. After Ralph's murder, Dottie and their daughter Brandi (

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) team up as bounty hunters.

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, and

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also star. The series was preceded by a two-hour

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, which aired on USA as a stand-alone

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on March 7, 2000.

Plot

After she loses her husband to a car bomb, newly widowed Dottie Thorson and her daughter Brandi team up to pick up where her husband Ralph left off, to hunt down criminals that operate above the law.

Cast

as Dottie Thorson *

as Brandi Thorson *

as Ricky Guzman *

as Tiny Bellows *

as Mark Farrell

Episodes

Production

The pilot was filmed in

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. The series was filmed on location in and around

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and in

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. In the pilot, Brandi was played by

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. For the series, the role was recast with

References

External links

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