Die Jagd (1981)
66KDie Jagd: Directed by Roger Spottiswoode, Buzz Kulik. With Robert Duvall, Treat Williams, Kathryn Harrold, Ed Flanders. A speculation on the fate of the famous hijacker who parachuted with his ransom and disappeared in the mountains, has Cooper following a meticulous plan to disappear into anonymity despite the best efforts of a dogged cop.
“Here is a fine example of some good olu0026#39; Hollywood exploitation. They took the story of famed airplane hijacker D.B. Cooper and decided to make it into a u0026quot;what if…u0026quot; scenario by adapting a fictional novel called u0026quot;Free Fall.u0026quot; Talk about a missed opportunity! Cooper (Treat Williams) lands easily in the woods of Oregon. Just as easily, insurance investigator Gruen (Robert Duvall), whose company is out the ransom money, discovers Cooper is a former charge of his from the Army and begins his pursuit. If you can distance the idea that this is about D.B. Cooper, it is a pretty entertaining chase flick in the SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT vein. Iu0026#39;m sure they threw the Cooper name on there to get the public interested which is a disservice to the film itself. Co-starring Kathryn Harrold, Ed Flanders, R.G. Armstrong and Paul Gleason (in a really scummy turn).”
