Originally a book by Harry N Maclean and talked about on several forum threads, the movie version on DVD can now be obtained at a reasonable price at joesclassicmovies.com. (Amazon traders were asking silly money for the -presumably- rare video ).
Brian Dennehy takes the lead role as the psychopathic town bully - full of bulky brooding menace and evilly long leering looks. Perhaps based on this performance Dennehy was chosen to play another psychopathic character, the notorious mass murderer John Wayne Gacy in the film To Catch a Killer one year later (where he gives a second similar chilling portrayal and this also is well worth a view).
Brian Dennehy takes the lead role as the psychopathic town bully - full of bulky brooding menace and evilly long leering looks. Perhaps based on this performance Dennehy was chosen to play another psychopathic character, the notorious mass murderer John Wayne Gacy in the film To Catch a Killer one year later (where he gives a second similar chilling portrayal and this also is well worth a view).
