The Last Hunter

Following the suicide of his best friend, Captain Harry Morris (David Warbeck) accepts a final deadly mission to go behind enemy lines to destroy a radio tower that is broadcasting anti-war propaganda spoken by an American woman to American troops. ==Cast==

• David Warbeck as Captain Henry Morris • Tisa Farrow as Jane Foster • Tony King as Sergeant George Washington • Bobby Rhodes as Carlos • Margit Evelyn Newton as Carol • John Steiner as Major Bill Cash • Massimo Vanni as Phillips • Luciano Pigozzi as The Bartender ==Production==

Unlike director Michael Cimino, Antonio Margheriti did not want to make a political film that was for or against the Vietnam War. He just wanted to make a Vietnam War film that was fun. The Last Hunter was filmed in the Philippines in many of the same locations as Apocalypse Now. The film was extremely hard shoot due to heat, wildlife, and accidents on the set. Cinematographer Riccardo Pallottini later died in a helicopter crash during the production of a later Margheriti Vietnam War film, Tiger Joe. ==Releases==

When The Deer Hunter was released in Italy, it was released under the title Il cacciatore (The Hunter). When Margheriti's film was released in Italy, it was titled Cacciatore 2, which led to critic Kim Newman commenting that this was ironic, as the film was more derivative of Apocalypse Now. It was distributed by Flora film in Italy. It was released in Padua, Italy on August 9, 1980. ==Reception==

From contemporary reviews, Tom Milne of the Monthly Film Bulletin described the film as an "Italian parasite feeding on Apocalypse Now" as well as comparing the film to The Green Berets as the "Vietcong atrocities dominate the film with the same grim relish, and partly because ideological conflicts are reduced to the same platitudinous level." The review also commented on the action scenes, which were found to be "directed with [...] crude uncomplicated vitality". ==References==