
Surviving the Game(1994)
A homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in the mountains, unaware that they are killers who hunt humans for sport, and that he is their new prey.


“Who says you can't take it with you?”
A speculation on the fate of the famous hijacker who parachuted with his ransom and disappeared in the mountains. Has Cooper succeeded in following a meticulous plan to disappear into anonymity despite the best efforts of a dogged cop?

Robert Duvall
Gruen

Treat Williams
D.B. Cooper

Kathryn Harrold
Hannah

Ed Flanders
Brigadier

Paul Gleason
Remson

R.G. Armstrong
Dempsey

Dorothy Fielding
Denise
Howard K. Smith
Howard K. Smith
Karen Newhouse
Girl Friend in Stream

Nicolas Coster
Avery
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper is a adventure, crime, thriller film released in 1981. Directed by Roger Spottiswoode, it stars Robert Duvall, Treat Williams, Kathryn Harrold. A speculation on the fate of the famous hijacker who parachuted with his ransom and disappeared in the mountains. Has Cooper succeeded in following a meticulous plan to disappear into anonymity despite the best efforts of a dogged cop?
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