# The High Country

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{{Infobox film
| name = The High Country
| image =  The High Country poster 81.jpg
| director = [Harvey Hart](/source/Harvey_Hart)
| producer = Bruce Mallen 
| writer = Bud Townsend
| starring = [Timothy Bottoms](/source/Timothy_Bottoms)<br />[Linda Purl](/source/Linda_Purl) 
| cinematography = Robert Ryan	
| music = [Eric N. Robertson](/source/Eric_N._Robertson) 
| story =   
| editing = 
| studio = Filmcorp Entertainment Finances, Inc.<br>[Canadian Film Development Corporation](/source/Canadian_Film_Development_Corporation)
| distributor = [Crown International Pictures](/source/Crown_International_Pictures)
| country = Canada
|gross = $1.1 million<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/americanfilmdist0000dona/page/298/mode/1up|title= American film distribution : the changing marketplace|last=Donahue|first= Suzanne Mary|year=1987 |publisher=UMI Research Press |page=298}} Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada</ref>
| language = English
| released = {{Film date|1981}}
}}
'''''The High Country''''' is a 1981 Canadian [adventure film](/source/adventure_film) directed  by [Harvey Hart](/source/Harvey_Hart) and starring [Timothy Bottoms](/source/Timothy_Bottoms) and [Linda Purl](/source/Linda_Purl).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Leonard Maltin|title=[Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide](/source/Leonard_Maltin's_Movie_Guide)|date=2004 |publisher=Plume, 2004|isbn=0452285925|author1-link=Leonard Maltin}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Aa.Vv.|title=[Variety Film Reviews: 1981-1982](/source/Variety_Film_Reviews)|publisher=Bowker, 1989|isbn=0835227979}}</ref>

==Plot==
A city man on the run from the law is guided through mountainous country by a [rural woman](/source/rural_women) with a learning disability. Despite their different backgrounds, they come to respect and love each other as her family and the police close in.

== Cast == 
* [Timothy Bottoms](/source/Timothy_Bottoms) as Jim
* [Linda Purl](/source/Linda_Purl) as Kathy
*  George Sims  as Larry
*  James Coleman as Casey  
*  Bill Berry  as Carter
*  Walter Mills as Clem
*  Paul Coeur as Squeaky

== References ==  
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0082515}}

{{Harvey Hart}}
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Category:1981 adventure films
Category:Canadian adventure films
Category:English-language Canadian films
Category:Films directed by Harvey Hart
Category:Crown International Pictures films
Category:1981 Canadian films
Category:1981 English-language films
Category:English-language adventure films

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