Dan Haggerty Movies
Husky and hirsute actor Dan Haggerty is best remembered for playing the title character in the popular television outdoor adventure series The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams. Having appeared in the 1974 feature-film version of the show and in a similar feature titled Frontier Fremont (1975), Haggerty seemed a natural for the role. But it was really his unusual rapport -- Haggerty had once been an animal trainer -- with bears, such as his huge co-star Ben, that really got him the part. Following the series' demise, Haggerty went on to appear in many made-for-television movies and in low-budget features. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
A boy travels through time, and makes an unlikely friend along the way, to help save an animal from harm in this adventure fantasy for the whole family. Jimmy Dobson (Miko Hughes) is a preteen boy who visits a traveling carnival, "Aunt Molly's Circus," and is shocked to see a bear cub being treated with great cruelty by his trainers. Appalled, Jimmy decides that the bear cub, whom he calls Dudley, should be set free. Jimmy discovers a magical cave where one can travel back and forth in time, and he hits upon the idea of using the cave to take Dudley and himself back to the year 1841, where Dudley can be released into wilds where the carnival minders won't be able to reach him. However, Dudley wanders away at the last moment, and Jimmy travels into the past all by himself. There, he meets a mountain man and bear tracker (Dan Haggerty) who agrees to travel back to the 20th century with Jimmy so they can rescue the bear and take him to safety. Escape to Grizzly Mountain also stars Jan-Michael Vincent and Miles O'Keeffe. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- 1998
In this animated adaptation of the beloved fairy tale, Gunther (Judge Reinhold) is an ordinary guy whose life changes when he gets an extraordinary pet -- a cat that can walk and talk like a man (Michael York). With some prodding from the kitty, Gunther tries to make his dream a reality and win the heart of the beautiful Princess (Vivian Schilling). But first Gunther has to prove himself worthy by defeating the horrible Ogre (Kevin Dorsey). Puss in Boots was the third animated feature directed by Phil Nibbelink, who previously worked as an animator for Disney and made his directorial debut with An American Tale: Fievel Goes West. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
After a near-fatal 1995 motorcycle collision, Dan Haggerty (The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams) made his comeback with this time-travel tale. A Portland, Oregon, family on a camping trip arrives at a mountain where young Dylan (Dylan Haggerty) and his sister Nicole (Nicole Lund) explore a cave, get zapped 127 years into the past, and meet mountain man Jeremiah (Dan Haggerty), who offers to help locate their parents. However, developer Boss Man Burt plans to dynamite the mountain to bring the railroad to a nearby town. Jeremiah, the kids, animals, and local Indians all join forces to outwit Burt's villainous henchmen. Filmed at Crater Lake and Oregon mountains. The character named Jeremiah is a reference to Vardis Fisher's historical novel Mountain Man (1965), filmed by Sydney Pollack as Jeremiah Johnson (1972). ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dan Haggerty, Dylan Haggerty, (more)
John Christian stars in this film as Samuel Todd, a man living in an unstable America, prior to the Revolutionary War. With the advice of an American rebel named Colonel Rose (Dan Haggerty), and the help of an Indian chief called Tekhane (John Weiner), Samuel must find the British commander (Rick Washburn) who captured his son. Even if he succeeds, he will not be able to stop the tumult that is to follow as America begins to fight for its independence. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide
- 1994
This confused sequel to Abducted (1986) features some gorgeous Vancouver wilderness scenery, lovingly photographed by Danny Nowak, in the service of an unappealing Deliverance variant. Vern (Lawrence King), the crazed wild man long presumed dead, abducts three female campers, taking one of them, Maria (Raquel Bianca), to his cave in the woods where he plans to impregnate her until he learns that she is not a virgin. Revolted, Vern makes Maria wear a horned buckskin mask, and she plays along, waiting to attack when the time is right. Dan Haggerty returns from the first film as Vern's father, who tracks down his son after fighting with a crazed hunter (Jan-Michael Vincent), only to be murdered. The cast is adequate, but Boon Collins' tepid adventure is hopelessly flawed. The long, superfluous scenes of Vincent and Haggerty gutting (real) rams and other wildlife while debating the merits of hunting will offend many viewers, and the script is muddled and unrealistic, with some of the most preposterous dialogue since the original. At its core, Abducted II: The Reunion is a rape-revenge movie with no rape, a moralistic diatribe with no morals, and a horror film with no horror. In other words, a complete waste of time. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dan Haggerty, Jan-Michael Vincent, (more)
- 1994
- R
This made-for-TV western stars Kelly Preston as Rebecca Carver, who is travelling west with her husband Matthew (Charles Powell), trying to outrun the draft for the Civil War. Needing to rest for the night, they stop at a trading post run by Barkley (Dan Haggerty), where they encounter a pack of buffalo hunters as well as several Cheyenne braves who seem to know Barkley well. Worried that there could be trouble and afraid of the Indians, Matthew warns the hunters about the Cheyenne, which soon leads to a furious battle leaving only two survivors -- Rebecca and Hawk (Pato Hoffmann), a Cheyenne warrior who was severely injured in the fighting. With no one to protect her, Rebecca realizes that her survival may depend on Hawk, so she nurses him back to health; the two make their way across the prarie as they try to escape the bitter onset of winter, and find that their mutual distrust soon grows into love. Roger Corman served as executive producer. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Kelly Preston, Pato Hoffmann, (more)
- 1991
- R
With the help of a few of his veteran friends, an ex-Green Beret soldier arrives in Los Angeles from Central America to find his kidnapped daughter. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Gil Gerard, Dan Haggerty, (more)
- 1991
Murdering diamond smugglers are tracked by a police officer. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1990
- R
In a small New England village, a woman investigating her sister's death finds the trail leads to a local writer. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide
In this wilderness adventure a cartographer and his son head into the wilds to make some maps. They are accompanied by the father's pet eagle. The trouble begins when his son is kidnapped by the villainous One-Eye Hatchett who sells the lad to an Indian village. With the help of his eagle, the father manages to retrieve his son. He and the boy are also befriended by a young Indian girl who ends up following them when a dream tells the father to head West. The film was shot on location in the Oregon wilderness. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Originally titled Gamma 693, The Chilling emulates Night of the Living Dead, but falls somewhat short of that horror classic. In exotic Kansas City, several corpses lie frozen in a morgue. Comes the inevitable thaw, and the city is overrun with zombies. And, yes, they subsist on human flesh. Troy Donahue, Linda Blair, and Dan Haggerty are among the Z-picture perennials appearing in this messy meller. Ostensibly a 1989 release, The Chilling gives evidence of having been made much earlier. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Linda Blair, Dan Haggerty, (more)
- 1989
This particularly bizarre horror variant on Joe Dante's Gremlins (1985) was directed by newcomer Jeff Mandel. The ridiculous plot concerns the efforts of a group of Nazis to set the stage for a Fourth Reich by mating one of Santa Claus' elves with a pretty teenaged waitress (Julie Austin). The cast is peppered with former television stars, including Deanna Lund of Land of the Giants as Austin's mother (she kills cats and has a nude scene) and Dan Haggerty of The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams as a drunken department-store Santa who used to be a detective. Even better is Haggerty's predecessor, a cocaine fiend who gets castrated by the Nazi elves. Mandel went on to co-direct Robo-C.H.I.C. (1989), which was almost as bad. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dan Haggerty, Julie Austin, (more)
Two men attempt to investigate a diamond heist in this suspenseful actioner. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide
- 1988
- R
In this spooky horror film, a pair of former POWs find themselves plagued with horrific nightmares that are so real that the men awaken with wounds upon their bodies. Desperately in need of a good night's sleep, they visit a dream therapist who is also a Vietnam Vet. At first the doctor is skeptical about their claims, but when something happens to one of the vet's wives, the doctor finally listens. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Brian O'Connor, Dan Haggerty, (more)
- 1986
Dan Haggerty, TV's Grizzly Adams, has a more complex role than usual in Abducted. Haggerty plays the father of a mixed-up mountain boy (Lawrence King-Phillips) who has kidnapped a pretty college student (Roberta Weiss). Though Haggerty tries to explain why his sons behaves the way he does, the girl would just as soon dispense with the backstory and make her escape. But the son has no intention of freeing his captive, thereby setting the stage for a final showdown with his own father. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dan Haggerty, Roberta Weiss, (more)
- 1982
A wilderness-loving man must clear himself of a wrongful murder charge and rescue his daughter who may be sent to an orphanage in this made-for-TV movie. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dan Haggerty, Chuck Connors, (more)
- 1981
- PG
The Old West calls to one lone individual in this western film. ~ All Movie Guide
- 1981
- PG
Harry Hamlin stars as the self-styled "King of Mulholland Drive," the leader of a group of men who get drunk and then race their cars at high-speed along a perilous Los Angeles roadway. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Harry Hamlin, Joseph Bottoms, (more)
