Sunday in the Country

For the 1984 film, see A Sunday in the Country.

Sunday in the Country is a 1974 Canadian-British crime thriller film, directed by John Trent.^[1] The film stars Ernest Borgnine as Adam Smith, a country farmer who decides to enact vigilante justice when he discovers fugitive criminal Leroy (Michael J. Pollard) and his accomplices Dinelli (Louis Zorich) and Ackerman (Cec Linder) hiding out in his barn.^[2]

Sunday in the Country
U.S theatrical release poster
Directed by	John Trent
Written by	Robert Maxwell John Trent
Story by	David Main
Produced by	David Perlmutter
Starring	Ernest Borgnine Michael J. Pollard Hollis McLaren Cec Linder Louis Zorich
Cinematography	Marc Champion
Edited by	Tony Lower
Music by	Paul Hoffert William McCauley
Production companies	Quadrant Films Impact Films Canadian Film Development Corporation
Distributed by	American International Pictures Cinerama Releasing Corporation EMI Films
Release date	November 22, 1974 (1974-11-22) (United States)
Running time	93 minutes
Countries	Canada United Kingdom
Language	English

The cast also includes Hollis McLaren as Adam's granddaughter Lucy, as well as Vladimír Valenta, Al Waxman, Tim Henry, Murray Westgate, Ralph Endersby, Susan Petrie, Ratch Wallace, Mark Walker, Gary Reineke, Eric Clavering, David Hughes, Franz Russell, Ruth Springford, Alan King, Laddie Dennis, Joan Hurley, Winnifred Springett, Jonathan White, James Barron and Carl Banas in supporting roles.^[3]

In his 2003 book A Century of Canadian Cinema, Gerald Pratley identified the film as one of the key progenitors of the trend in 1970s Canadian cinema to cast higher-profile American stars in lead roles to improve the film's international marketability.^[1]