IAIN GLEN
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   Blood Hunt
   (1986)

   BBC (Screen 2)

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   SYNOPSIS

   A young man exacts revenge for the seduction of his girlfriend with a brutal murder outside a rainswept village dancehall. His victim is the brother of a local policeman and the latter's dogged determination that 'law and justice will have to be satisfied' provokes an unrelenting manhunt through the nooks and crannies of the remote highlands of Scotland. This is a film of distilled and elemental beauty, full of suspense, excruciating sadness and most importantly, hope.

   
   

   REVIEWS

   In some respects, director Peter Barber Fleming uses the austere grandeur of the Highlands in an almost archetypal manner... the community here is at odds with itself and the poetic savagery of the rugged locale matches the grim cat and mouse struggle that ensues. Ultimately both novel and film are concerned with reaffirmation; the changing seasons provide comfirmation of a natural world's inclination for rebirth and growth... Iain Glen is noteworthy, effectively capturing the emotional turmoil and survival instinct of a man driven to take a life and then forced to protect his own from the inevitable retribution. Andrew Keir as the snowy haired weather beaten sailor is equally impressive as the man who knows how to make a tricky moral stand.

   The Listener, Allan Hunter

3. Credits

   Andrew Keir
   Sandy Ross

   Michael Carter
   Nicol Menzies

   Iain Glen
   Allan Innes

   Nigel Stock
   The Rev Davidson

   Arabella Weir
   Liz Murison

   Yvonne Gilan
   Widow Macleay

   Emma D'Inverno
   Maria

   Jake Fox
   Young Allan

   Paul Kermack
   Danny

   John Malcolm
   Doctor

   Alison Key
   Nurse Simpson

   Jon Croft
   Police Inspector

   Alan Tall
   Joiner

   Clem Davies
   Italian

   Ewan Emery
   Young Sandy

   Terry Cade
   Robert Menzies

   Director
   Peter Barber Fleming

   Producer
   Norman McCandlish

   Writer (Book)
   Neil Gunn

   Writer (Screenplay)
   Stewart Conn

   
   
   

   Iain Glen is noteworthy, effectively capturing the emotional turmoil and survival instinct of a man driven to take a life and then forced to protect his own from the inevitable
   retribution.

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