tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post3251765926941246510..comments2024-03-28T06:41:02.100-07:00Comments on The Rap Sheet: Hunting Down “The Manhunter”J. Kingston Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17073921191624535912noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-20796201655645475222016-03-25T12:41:25.408-07:002016-03-25T12:41:25.408-07:00By the way, Roy Thinnes' "The Manhunter&q...By the way, Roy Thinnes' "The Manhunter" is available on YouTube (at least for the time being), in seven parts. You will find Part I here:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyypB34J61w<br /><br />Links from that page will lead you to the other six parts.J. Kingston Piercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17073921191624535912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-63610225313331881542016-03-25T12:37:31.234-07:002016-03-25T12:37:31.234-07:00You're right, Bob, that Thinnes did make a TV ...You're right, Bob, that Thinnes did make a TV movie called "The Manhunter" in 1972, but I don't think it had anything to do with Ken Howard's historical crime series. IMDb describes the plot of the Thinnes film this way: "A professional hunter is brought in to track a bank robbery suspect through a Louisiana swamp, and winds up getting romantically involved with the suspect's wife."<br /><br />I suspect coincidence in the fact that these titles are identical.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Jeff J. Kingston Piercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17073921191624535912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-6168851353070824912016-03-25T12:28:48.626-07:002016-03-25T12:28:48.626-07:00There was also a Roy Thinnes pilot film for this s...There was also a Roy Thinnes pilot film for this show, I think. Unless it was only similar.<br /><br />RJRRJRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17534166025889599640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-3456854604515954672016-03-25T10:29:41.451-07:002016-03-25T10:29:41.451-07:00I did a review of the series for Mystery*File blog...I did a review of the series for Mystery*File blog.<br />http://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=22030<br /><br />The book QUINN MARTIN,PRODUCER by Jonathan Etter (McFarland, 2008) quotes Howard about the series.michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17812924049258701715noreply@blogger.com