''Wolf Lake'' is a 1981 thriller film directed by

Burt Kennedy Burton Raphael Kennedy (September 3, 1922 – February 15, 2001) was an American screenwriter and film director, director known mainly for directing Westerns. Budd Boetticher called him "the best Western writer ever." Biography Kennedy was b ...

and starring

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and

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Plot

A group of men travel to a duck hunt in the Northwest. One of them, Charlie, is hoping to travel and forget the grief he has over his son's death in Vietnam. When he learns that David, the young caretaker of the lakehouse they are staying at, is a deserter, Charlie goes berserk and hunts David and his fiancé

Cast

as Charlie *

David Huffman David Oliver Huffman (May 10, 1945 – February 27, 1985) was an American actor and producer. Personal life Huffman was born on May 10, 1945, in Berwyn, Illinois, to Clarence and Opal Huffman (née Dippel). Huffman married casting director P ...

as David *

as Linda *

Jerry Hardin Jerry Hardin (born November 20, 1929) is an American actor. Hardin has appeared in film and television roles, including the character nicknamed Deep Throat in ''The X-Files''. He has guest starred in '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and '' St ...

as Wilbur *

Richard Herd Richard Thomas Herd Jr. (September 26, 1932 – May 26, 2020) was an American actor appearing in numerous supporting, recurring, and guest roles in television series and occasional film roles from the 1970s to the 2010s. He was well known in the ...

as George * Paul Mantee as Sweeney

Production

The film was an early production for Melvin Simon Productions made in 1977. Although set in Canada, the film was made in Chihuahua in

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

Release

The film received a test release on October 16, 1981, under the name ''The Honor Guard'' in

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and

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with a limited theatrical release in the United States in 1982.

References

External links

* {{Burt Kennedy 1981 films Films directed by Burt Kennedy Films about deserters Films shot in Mexico Films scored by Ken Thorne Films set on lakes 1980s English-language films