Deadly Harvest is a made for TV movie produced by CBS. It was shown in September 1972 and in July 1973. This movie is not to be confused with a movie from 1977, also entitled "Deadly Harvest", starring Clint Walker and Kim Cantrell.

Plot

Richard Boone

Richard Boone

Richard Allen Boone was an American actor who starred in over 50 films and was notable for his roles in Westerns and for starring in the TV series Have Gun – Will Travel.-Early life:...

, Patty Duke

Patty Duke

Anna Marie "Patty" Duke is an American actress of stage, film, and television. First becoming famous as a child star, winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age 16, and later starring in her eponymous sitcom for three years, she progressed to more mature roles upon playing Neely...

 and Michael Constantine

Michael Constantine

Michael Constantine is a Greek American actor.He is probably now best known for his portrayal of Gus Portokalos, the Windex bottle-toting Greek father of Toula Portokalos , in the 2002 surprise hit film My Big Fat Greek Wedding.Prior to that, he was well-known for his extensive TV work, especially...

 star in this suspense drama of a man whose past as a freedom fighter defected from an Iron Curtain

Iron Curtain

The concept of the Iron Curtain symbolized the ideological fighting and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1989...

 country, finally catches up with him.

After living quietly in California's wine country under an assumed name, Anton Solea, played by Boone, is suddenly the target of a would be assassin. Patty Duke plays a peace activist who tags along with Solea as he is pursued by the unknown enemy. Constantine plays a neighboring grape grower who lends Solea a helping hand.

Cast

• Richard Boone
  Richard Boone
  Richard Allen Boone was an American actor who starred in over 50 films and was notable for his roles in Westerns and for starring in the TV series Have Gun – Will Travel.-Early life:...
  
  ... Anton Solca
• Patty Duke
  Patty Duke
  Anna Marie "Patty" Duke is an American actress of stage, film, and television. First becoming famous as a child star, winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age 16, and later starring in her eponymous sitcom for three years, she progressed to more mature roles upon playing Neely...
  
   ... Jenny
• Michael Constantine
  Michael Constantine
  Michael Constantine is a Greek American actor.He is probably now best known for his portrayal of Gus Portokalos, the Windex bottle-toting Greek father of Toula Portokalos , in the 2002 surprise hit film My Big Fat Greek Wedding.Prior to that, he was well-known for his extensive TV work, especially...
  
   ... Stefan Groza
• Jack Kruschen
  Jack Kruschen
  Jack Kruschen was a Canadian-born character actor who worked primarily in American film, television and radio.-Radio:...
  
  ... Vartanian
• Murray Hamilton
  Murray Hamilton
  Murray Hamilton was an American stage, screen, and television actor who appeared in such memorable films as The Hustler, The Graduate and Jaws.-Early life:...
  
   ... Sheriff Bill Jessup
• Jack De Mave ... Franklin
• Bill McKeever ...Deputy Charley
• Richard Roat ... Peterson
• Richard Turner ... Roger
• Fred Maio ... Caretaker
• Josef Rodriquez ... Attendant

Production

Director: Michael O'Herlihy

Writers: Geoffrey Household

Geoffrey Household

Geoffrey Edward West Household was a prolific British novelist who specialized in thrillers. He is best known for his novel Rogue Male .-Personal life:...

(novel - "Watcher in the Shadows"), Daniel B. Ullman

Release Date: 26 September 1972 (USA)

Filmed in the Napa Valley in California.