Writing

John Hunter

Born — Died

1938-01-01 — 2015-02-02

Place of birth

Canada

Known for

Writing

Credits

10 titles

Known for

Hollywood North poster
5.1

The making of a serious, Canadian arthouse film descends into Hollywood farce when its producer is forced to compromise his vision to accommodate his drug-addled star, his leading lady and his venal backers.

Hollywood North

2004

The Grey Fox poster
6.9

Old West highwayman Bill Miner, known to Pinkertons as "The Gentleman Bandit," is released in 1901 after 33 years in prison. A genial and charming old man, he re-enters a world unfamiliar to him, and returns to the only thing that gives him purpose — robbery.

The Grey Fox

1982

The Hard Part Begins poster
8.5

The ups and downs in the life of a country-western singer.

The Hard Part Begins

1973

Carrington V.C. poster
6.2

Major Charles Carrington (David Niven) is arrested for taking £125 from the base safe. He also faces two other charges that could finish his distinguished service career. He decides to act in his own defence at his court martial hearing, his argument being that he is owed a lot of money from the army for his various postings that have cost him out of his own pocket. To further complicate the proceedings, Carrington alleges he told his superior, the very disliked Colonel Henniker, that he was taking the money from the safe. A man's career, his marriage, and quite a few reputations all hang in the balance.

Carrington V.C.

1954

John and the Missus poster
8.0

A small Canadian town is devasted when a local mine--the town's only source of income--is closed. One man incurs the wrath of the townsmen when he stubbornly refuses the small amount of settlement money offered by the government.

John and the Missus

1987

Blood & Guts poster
4.7

A young athelete becomes the unlikely star of an itinerant wrestling troupe, and a rival promoter will go to any length to steal him away.

Blood & Guts

1978

Behind the camera

Hollywood North poster
5.1

The making of a serious, Canadian arthouse film descends into Hollywood farce when its producer is forced to compromise his vision to accommodate his drug-addled star, his leading lady and his venal backers.

Hollywood North

2004

The Grey Fox poster
6.9

Old West highwayman Bill Miner, known to Pinkertons as "The Gentleman Bandit," is released in 1901 after 33 years in prison. A genial and charming old man, he re-enters a world unfamiliar to him, and returns to the only thing that gives him purpose — robbery.

The Grey Fox

1982

The Hard Part Begins poster
8.5

The ups and downs in the life of a country-western singer.

The Hard Part Begins

1973

The Hard Part Begins poster
8.5

The ups and downs in the life of a country-western singer.

The Hard Part Begins

1973

Carrington V.C. poster
6.2

Major Charles Carrington (David Niven) is arrested for taking £125 from the base safe. He also faces two other charges that could finish his distinguished service career. He decides to act in his own defence at his court martial hearing, his argument being that he is owed a lot of money from the army for his various postings that have cost him out of his own pocket. To further complicate the proceedings, Carrington alleges he told his superior, the very disliked Colonel Henniker, that he was taking the money from the safe. A man's career, his marriage, and quite a few reputations all hang in the balance.

Carrington V.C.

1954

John and the Missus poster
8.0

A small Canadian town is devasted when a local mine--the town's only source of income--is closed. One man incurs the wrath of the townsmen when he stubbornly refuses the small amount of settlement money offered by the government.

John and the Missus

1987

Blood & Guts poster
4.7

A young athelete becomes the unlikely star of an itinerant wrestling troupe, and a rival promoter will go to any length to steal him away.

Blood & Guts

1978

Cross Country poster
5.1

After a woman is found butchered in her New York apartment, suspicion falls on her estranged husband, an ad executive who has suddenly left town on a cross-country road trip. He takes along a beautiful girl he met in a bar and a drifter he picked up along the way. A cop sets out after the husband, but he's more interested in shaking him down than bringing him back.

Cross Country

1983

Best Revenge poster
9.0

When his best friend is kidnapped and held for ransom by a drug kingpin, an American hustler embarks on a suicide mission to smuggle four million dollars worth of hashish out of Morocco.

Best Revenge

1984

Giant Mine poster
9.0

CBC's dramatic account of the tragedy of Yellowknife's Giant Mine, in which 9 miners were killed during a bitter labour dispute.

Giant Mine

1996