endangered species
Director: alan rudolph
Actor: robert urich,jobeth williams,paul dooley,hoyt axton
Data Published: Fri Sep 10 1982
Genres: Drama,Mystery,Thriller
Key Words: female sheriff,cattle mutilation,conspiracy,1980s,colorado
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083885/
WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endangered_Species_(1982_film)
Description: Endangered Species is a movie starring Robert Urich, JoBeth Williams, and Paul Dooley. About a retired New York cop on Vacation in America's West who is drawn into a female sheriff's investigation of a mysterious series of cattle...
Plot: Thriller about a New York ex-cop and a female sheriff who fall in love while investigating a string of mysterious cattle mutilations in a small Colorado town. Urich is Reuben Castle, the retired alcoholic police lieutenant out visiting the town with his tomboy daughter. At first he tries to stay out of the case but finds himself involved after the mysterious death of his friend Joe Hiatt, the editor of the local paper whose theories about black helicopters have aroused the ire of cattle baron Ben Morgan. Trying miserably to stay sober, Castle finds himself back in danger and in love, as he and the sheriff work together to get to the bottom of the mystery, encountering incredible danger and resistance from the frightened locals. Taglines: What you don't know can kill you.