He's instead portrayed as a weary, alcoholic older Sergeant of the RCMP. Age Lift: The real Edgar Millen was a popular young Constable who more closely resembled Constable Alvin Adams, the new rookie in the film.Things go from bad to worse when a local band attack Johnson's cabin, who retaliates by killing one of their men.ĭisillusioned RCMP Sergeant Edgar Millen (Marvin) is forced to hunt down Johnson in the extreme north before he can escape beyond their jurisdiction into Alaska. In Canada's Yukon Territory in 1931, World War I veteran Albert Johnson (Bronson) arrives in a frontier town and quickly makes an enemy out of the locals by interrupting an illegal dogfight. It is loosely based on the real-life manhunt for Albert Johnson. Death Hunt is a 1981 Northern film directed by Peter Hunt and starring Charles Bronson and Lee Marvin, with a supporting cast including Angie Dickinson, Andrew Stevens, Carl Weathers, and Ed Lauter.
