The Legend of Alfred Packer

The Legend of Alfred Packer
Video release cover
Directed byJim Roberson
Screenplay by
Story byBurton Raffel
Produced byMark J. Webb
Starring
  • Patrick Dray
  • Ronald Haines
  • Jim Dratfield
  • Bob Damon
  • Dave Ellingson
  • Ron Holiday
  • Lawrence Bleir
  • Cynthia Nessin
CinematographyJames Warren
Edited byShirak Kojayan
Music byJaime Mendoza-Nava
Production
company
Packer Productions Ltd.
Distributed byAmerican National Enterprises
Release date
  • 1980 (1980) (United States)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Legend of Alfred Packer is a 1980 American biographical Western film directed by Jim Roberson from a script by Burton Raffel.[1] It is a biopic of Alferd Packer[2] starring Patrick Dray in the title role. The film features a score by Bolivian composer Jaime Mendoza-Nava, though the main theme is derivative of Mason Williams's "Classical Gas".

The "Alferd" spelling and pronunciation of his first name is not used in the film.

  1. ^ The Legend of Alfred Packer (1980) | MUBI (in French), retrieved December 24, 2023
  2. ^ Simpson, Brian (August 2, 2003). Cannibalism and Common Law: A Victorian Yachting Tragedy. A&C Black. ISBN 978-1-85285-200-9.