Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

What made you leave him, Cathy ... was it the way he made love, or why?

1969 · 108 min · ★ 5.7 · Thriller, Drama

A mentally disturbed man stalks a woman who had once aborted the child he had fathered.

Directed by Mark Robson · Written by Larry Cohen

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