In Fiction
Bounty hunting has been adopted by several action-oriented vehicles, including Westerns, science fiction, fantasy and stories set in modern times. Typically, hunters are depicted as assisting law enforcement agencies in the apprehension of wanted criminals, but also as mercenaries who give their services to powerful criminal figures rather than the proper authorities. In Westerns, bounty hunters are commonly depicted as loners, cynical yet romantic. Such characters have appeared in books, TV series, movies, comics and games from around the world. The first depiction of the occupation in film was André de Toth's The Bounty Hunter in 1954 starring Randolph Scott.
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