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Challenge to be Free is a american film of genre Drama directed by Tay Garnett released in USA on 5 november 1975 with Mike Mazurki
Challenge to be Free (1975)
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Add to a movie listChallenge to Be Free (aka Mad Trapper of the Yukon and Mad Trapper) is a 1972 drama film directed by Tay Garnett and stars Mike Mazurki. Challenge to be Free was a fictionalized account of the 1931 Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) pursuit of a trapper named Albert Johnson, the reputed "Mad Trapper of Rat River".
Another film exploring the same topic was The Mad Trapper (1972), a British made-for-television production. 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.
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In Alaska, Trapper (Mike Mazurki) attempts to live in harmony with nature but is aware that other trappers are using inhumane traps. When he is confronted by rival trappers over his interference with their trap lines, they bring along Sargent (Fritz Ford) the local police officer. Feeling intimidated, Trapper fights back, shooting his way out of his cabin and embarking on a desperate attempt to escape the authorities.Actors
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