Santee (film)

1973 film by Gary Nelson

Santee

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Directed by| Gary Nelson
Written by| Brand Bell
Produced by| Deno Paoli
Edward Platt
Caruth C. Byrd
Starring| Glenn Ford
Dana Wynter
Jay Silverheels
Michael Burns
Harry Townes
Cinematography| Donald M. Morgan
Edited by| George W. Brooks
Music by| Don Randi

Production
companies

American Video Cinema
Vagabond Productions
Eaves Movie Ranch

Distributed by| Crown International Pictures

Release date

* September 1973 (1973-09)

Running time

| 93 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Santee is a 1973 American Western film directed by Gary Nelson and starring Glenn Ford. It was one of the first motion pictures to be shot electronically on videotape, using Norelco PCP-70 portable plumbicon NTSC cameras and portable Ampex VR-1200 2" VTRs, before being transferred to film at Consolidated Film Industries in Hollywood. It was the only film to be produced by Edward Platt (of Get Smart fame).

## Plot

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Jody Deakes joins up with his father after many years, just to discover that the man is part of an outlaw gang on the run from a relentless bounty hunter named Santee. Soon after Santee catches up to the gang, Jody's father is killed.

Jody follows Santee in hopes of taking vengeance for his father's death. Instead, however, Jody discovers that Santee is a good and loving man, tormented by the death of his young son at the hands of another outlaw gang. Santee and his wife take Jody in, and a father and son relationship begins to grow. Then the gang that shot Santee's son shows up.

## Cast

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* Glenn Ford as Santee
* Michael Burns as Jody
* Dana Wynter as Valerie
* Jay Silverheels as John Crow [final film performance]
* Harry Townes as Sheriff Carter
* John Larch as Banner
* Robert Wilke as Deaks
* Robert Donner as J.C.
* Taylor Lacher as Lance
* John Bailey as Homesteader
* X Brands as Hook
* Caruth C. Byrd as Piano Player
* Chuck Courtney as Grayson
* Lindsay Crosby as Horn
* William Ford as Postmaster
* John Hart as Cobbles
* Russ McCubbin as Rafe
* Robert Mellard as Jonesy
* Brad Merhage as Santee's Son
* Boyd Morgan as Stagecoach Driver
* Ben Zeller as Freddie

## See also

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* List of American films of 1973

## References

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* John Willis Screen World 1974 Escrito por John Willis

## External links

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* Santee at IMDb

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Films directed by Gary Nelson

* Molly and Lawless John (1972)
* Santee (1973)
* The Girl on the Late, Late Show (1974)
* The Boy Who Talked to Badgers (1975)
* Freaky Friday (1976)
* Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977, TV miniseries)
* The Black Hole (1979)
* The Pride of Jesse Hallam (1981)
* Jimmy the Kid (1982)
* Murder in Coweta County (1983)
* Murder Me, Murder You (1983)
* More Than Murder (1984)
* The Baron and the Kid (1984)
* Murder in Three Acts (1986)
* Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986)
* Noble House (1988)
* Shooter (1988)
* Get Smart, Again! (1989)
* The Lookalike (1990)
* Melanie Darrow (1997)

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