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Friday, April 10, 2026

Dan Candy's Law (Alien Thunder) (1974)

Director Claude Fournier
Rating Rating
MPAA PG
Run Time 93 min
Color Color
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Sound Mono
Producer Alien Thunder Productions, Onyx Films
Country: USA
Genre: Western
Plot Synopsis

Based on an actual event, this is the tragic story of Saskatchewan fugitive Almighty Voice, a Cree Indian who is arrested for stealing government livestock out of desperate hunger.

Quotes

Sgt. Dan Candy: Jesus, you're stubborn. If you was to drown they'd find your body upstream.

Filming Locations

Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada

Duck Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada

This movie is also known as "Alien Thunder."

Stars the leads of both the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) (Kevin McCarthy) and the remake Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) (Donald Sutherland).

Actor Donald Sutherland later quoted from the poem "My Heart Soars" written by his late co-cast member Chief Dan George at the the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 XXI (21st) Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

First of two theatrical feature film collaborations of actors Chief Dan George and Donald Sutherland. The films are [in order]: 'Dan Candy's Law' (1974) and 'Nothing Personal' (1980). The two pictures were made and first released about six years apart.