The Mad Trapper (1972 film)

For the 1975 film, see Challenge to Be Free. For the person known as the Mad Trapper, see Albert Johnson (criminal).

The Mad Trapper
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Directed byDavid Cobham
StarringRichard Alden
Joe Austin
Brandon Brady
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production companyDavid Cobham Productions
Original release
Release28 December 1972 (1972-12-28)
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The Mad Trapper is a 1972 British made-for-television docudrama film. The Mad Trapper is based on the 1931 Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) pursuit of a trapper named Albert Johnson, the reputed "Mad Trapper of Rat River".[1]

A later film exploring the same topic was Challenge to Be Free (a.k.a. Mad Trapper of the Yukon and Mad Trapper) (1975) directed by Tay Garnett and stars Mike Mazurki.[2] A later fictionalized account, Death Hunt (1981), also based on the story of the RCMP pursuit of Albert Johnson, was directed by Peter R. Hunt, and starred Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson and Carl Weathers.[3]

  1. ^ "The Mad Trapper (1972)." IMDb. Retrieved: 2 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Challenge to be Free (1975). Allmovie. Retrieved: 2 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Full cast & crew: Death Hunt (1981)." IMDb. Retrieved: 2 December 2014.