Spacehunter

1983

90 Min

Currently 2.0/5 Stars.
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DIR Lamont Johnson

CAST Peter Strauss, Molly Ringwald, Ernie Hudson, Andrea Marcovicci, Michael Ironside, Beeson Carroll, Harant Alianak

Synopsis

In 2136, an intergalactic bounty hunter named Wolff (Peter Strauss) answers a distress signal that leads him to the plague-ridden planet of Terra Eleven, where he rescues three shipwrecked women from the evil clutches of a sinister cyborg dictator (Michael Ironside). After befriending a young orphaned girl (Molly Ringwald), Wolff sets off to battle mutants and space monsters in this action-packed galactic adventure.

Director

Lamont Johnson

Lamont Johnson (September 30, 1922 – October 24, 2010) was an American actor and film director who has appeared in and directed many television shows and movies. He won two Emmy Awards.

Johnson was born Ernest Lamont Johnson, Jr. in Stockton, California, the son of Ruth Alice (née Fairchild) and Ernest Lamont Johnson, who was a realtor. Johnson began his career in radio, playing the role of Tarzan in a popular syndicated series in 1951. Johnson was also one of several actors to play Archie Goodwin in “The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe”, opposite Sydney Greenstreet on NBC Radio.He then turned to films and television, first as an actor, then as a director.

Johnson also directed productions of the operas The Man in the Moon (1959), Iphigénie en Tauride (1962), and Orfeo (1990).

Johnson was nominated for eleven Emmy Awards, winning twice, for Wallenberg: A Hero’s Story (1985) and Lincoln (1988), and for eight Directors Guild of America Awards, winning four times, for… read more