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Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

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Cathy Palmer (Carol White) cancels her engagement to Kenneth Daly (Scott Hylands) and aborts their unborn child after discovering Kenneth's dark mental condition. When Cathy falls in love with aspiring politician Jack Byrnes (Paul Burke) and becomes pregnant again, she assumes that her life is rid of her terrifying ex-fiancé for good. But when Kenneth stalks Cathy and demands revenge, Cathy must fight for her life as well as the life of her baby.
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John Beifuss Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) 11/29/2010
3.5/4
As in 'The Seventh Victim,' 'Valley of the Dolls' and 'Earthquake,' director Mark Robson here suggests that the untreated festering anxieties of modern sophisticated society may erupt in dangerous, traumatic even explosive ways. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Vin E @Vin_E_At_The_Movies 02/18/2023 This is very well made and delightfully creepy! See more 09/01/2015 Intriguing suspense thriller, made just a few years before Roe vs Wade, exposes the misogyny which lies beneath our glorification of motherhood. Carol White's performance as a young Englishwoman whose American dream turns into a nightmare seems to mirror her own downward spiral in Hollywood. See more 09/14/2009 WRITTEN BY LARRY COHEN! What more do you need? This movie is way better than you'd think it would be. Even at the very end when it goes more than a little Hollywood. That people hold one Robert Wise as better than Mark Robson when it comes to the Val Lewton directors is utterly insane. See more Read all reviews
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Mark Robson

Director

Carol White

Cathy Palmer

Paul Burke

Jack Byrnes

Mala Powers

Meg Stone

Scott Hylands

Kenneth Daly

James B. Sikking

Joe Menchell
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Synopsis Cathy Palmer (Carol White) cancels her engagement to Kenneth Daly (Scott Hylands) and aborts their unborn child after discovering Kenneth's dark mental condition. When Cathy falls in love with aspiring politician Jack Byrnes (Paul Burke) and becomes pregnant again, she assumes that her life is rid of her terrifying ex-fiancé for good. But when Kenneth stalks Cathy and demands revenge, Cathy must fight for her life as well as the life of her baby.
Director
Mark Robson
Producer
Mark Robson
Screenwriter
Larry Cohen, Lorenzo Semple Jr., Larry Cohen
Rating
PG
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 13, 1969, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 1, 2009
Runtime
1h 48m
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