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Alien Thunder is a quebecois film of genre Drama directed by Claude Fournier released in USA on 1 january 1973 with Donald Sutherland
Alien Thunder (1974)
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Add to a movie listAlien Thunder (also known as Dan Candy's Law) is a 1974 Canadian western film directed by Claude Fournier and starring Donald Sutherland.
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The plot, based on the true story, follows a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer who wants to give an Indian a fair trial for the murder of a fellow officer before he winds up being executed.Actors
Donald Sutherland
(Sgt. Dan Candy)
Gordon Tootoosis
(Almighty Voice)
Chief Dan George
(Sounding Sky)
Kevin McCarthy
(Sgt. Malcolm Grant)
Francine Racette
(Emilie Grant)
John Boylan
(Cpl. Harold Bellringer)
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