A Breed Apart
A conservationist and a widow meet a mountain climber hired to steal bald-eagle eggs.
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"I watched this film when it was recently shown on British television, largely because of my interest in bird watching and nature conservation (although the looks of the young Kathleen Turner might also have been a factor). The story revolves around the doings of egg collectors (or "oologists" as they sometimes call themselves), a breed of men which I, in common with most ornithologists, struggle to understand; if, as they claim, they are motivated by a love of nature, why do they persist in endangering through their activities the very creatures they profess to love? J.P. Whittier, a..."
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After principal filming in North Carolina was finished, the film reels were sent back by plane to Los Angeles, California. One reel out of four never arrived, so this movie was substantially reorganized around the missing scenes (shot out of order) in editing. This partly explains why some sub-plots are incomplete, and Jim Malden has no backstory.
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A conservationist and a widow meet a mountain climber hired to steal bald-eagle eggs.