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Open Season

Open Season

Meet Ken, Gregg and Art. Two weeks each year they get away... with Everything!

19745.21h 45mR

Overview

Three Vietnam vets have become so conditioned to violence that they have developed psychotic tendencies. They kidnap people, brutalize them, then turn them loose and hunt them like animals. However the father of one of their earlier victims is plotting a vicious revenge against them.

Directed by Peter Collinson
Written by Liz Charles-Williams, David D. Osborn, José Antonio Sáinz de Vicuña
Produced by José Antonio Sáinz de Vicuña
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Top Cast

Peter Fonda

Peter Fonda

Ken

Cornelia Sharpe

Cornelia Sharpe

Nancy Stillman

John Phillip Law

John Phillip Law

Greg

Richard Lynch

Richard Lynch

Art

Alberto de Mendoza

Alberto de Mendoza

Martin

William Holden

William Holden

Hal Wolkowski

Helga Liné

Helga Liné

Sue

D

Didi Sherman

Helen

Concha Cuetos

Concha Cuetos

Joyce

May Heatherly

May Heatherly

Alicia Rennick

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Themes & Keywords

vietnamsadismgunkidnappingvictimrevengemurdertorturehuntingveteran

About Open Season

Open Season is a action, drama, thriller film released in 1974 exploring themes of vietnam, sadism, gun, kidnapping, victim, revenge. Directed by Peter Collinson, it stars Peter Fonda, Cornelia Sharpe, John Phillip Law. Three Vietnam vets have become so conditioned to violence that they have developed psychotic tendencies. They kidnap people, brutalize them, then turn them loose and hunt them like animals. However the father of one of their earlier victims is plotting a vicious revenge against them.

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