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- McQueen's last film before his tragic and untimely death from cancer was this minor but enjoyable action comedy based on the exploits of real life bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson.
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Richard Levinson and William Link wrote the initial script based on Christopher Keane's biography of the real Ralph "Papa" Thorson. Steve McQueen became attached to star, and Mort Engelberg was to produce.
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Hunting is clearly a prominent theme of this season whether figuratively hunting for the truth/whole story of what happened or actual hunting.* Steve McQueen's last movie before his death debuted in 1980 and was called The Hunter. The film is based on the real life exploits of Ralph "Papa" Thorson.
Steve McQueen's last film had him playing Papa Thorson, a modern day bounty hunter based on a real person. Thorson goes after bail jumpers all over the country and his assignments in the movie get more dangerous.
Jun 29, 2018 · Twenty years earlier McQueen had depicted Josh Randall, a deadly, often hot-headed bounty hunter who sported a sawed-off Mare’s Leg rifle, on Wanted: Dead or Alive, the violent 1958–1961...
The character played by McQueen is allegedly based on a real-life bounty hunter, named Papa Thorson, who goes after bail jumpers. It's ironic that this character has a basis in reality, because rarely has there been a less convincing movie character so obviously concocted out of thin air during story conferences.
Aug 1, 1980 · Steve McQueen was diagnosed with cancer the month after filming had ended. He first began to suspect his condition in the autumn of 1979, while he was shooting scenes for this film on location in Chicago.
McQueen's final two films, both released in 1980, were loosely based on true stories: Tom Horn, a Western adventure about a former Army scout turned professional gunman who works for big cattle ranchers hunting down rustlers, and later hanged for murder in the shooting death of a sheepherder; and The Hunter, an urban action movie about a modern ...
