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The Capture of Bigfoot
The Capture of Bigfoot
	VHS cover of The Capture of Bigfoot
Directed by	Bill Rebane
Written by	Ingrid Neumayer; Bill Rebane;
Produced by	William D. Cannon; Peter Fink; Elwyn O. Jarvis; Bill Rebane; M. Dan Stroick;
Starring	Janus Raudkivi; Randolph Rebane; Otis Young; George 'Buck' Flower; William Dexter; Jeana Keough;
Cinematography	Bill Rebane; Bela St. Jon;
Edited by	Douglas Ibold; Bill Rebane;
Production; company	Studio Film Corp.
Distributed by	Troma Entertainment
Release date	November 23, 1979;
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Capture of Bigfoot (a.k.a. The Legend of Bigfoot) is a 1979 horror film from Bill Rebane, the director of Monster A-Go-Go.^[1] Produced and originally released by Studio Film Corp, the film was re-released in 2010 by Troma Entertainment.^[2]^[3]

Plot

The creature known as Bigfoot has managed to elude capture for more than 25 years and a small town has made a cottage industry out of local Bigfoot sightings and merchandising. When a businessman decides to trap Bigfoot once and for all so that he can benefit, the town may ultimately lose the tourist profits that have filled the town's coffers.

Cast

Janus Raudkivi as The Legendary Creature of Arak
Randolph Rebane as Little Bigfoot
Otis Young as Jason
George 'Buck' Flower as Jake
William Dexter as Hank
Jeana Keough as Dancer
Stafford Morgan as Garrett
Katherine Hopkins as Karen
Richard Kennedy as Olsen
John F. Goff as Burt
John Eimerman as Jimmy
Randolph Scott as Randy
Wally Flaherty as Sheriff Cooper
Durwood McDonald as John
Harry Youstos as Harry
Verkina Flower as Linda
Greg Gault as Kevin
Nelson C. Sheppo as Daniels
Mitzi Kress as Elsie
Woody Jarvis as Woody
William D. Cannon as Carlsen

Reception

In his book All I Need to Know about Filmmaking I Learned from the Toxic Avenger, Troma president Lloyd Kaufman lists this film as one of the five worst Troma films ever distributed (along with Croaked: Frog Monster from Hell, also directed by Bill Rebane).^[4]^[5]^[6] Shot in Gleason, Wisconsin, the film's closing credits attribute the "wardrobe" to Kmart.^{[citation needed]}