Sheriff Hunt
Background
Franklin Hunt is the Sheriff of the town of Bright Hope. He is married to Lorna Hunt.
During the events of Bone Tomahawk (2015) played by Kurt Russell
Chicory walks into the sheriff's office and tells Sheriff Hunt he saw Purvis burying clothes while he was walking to put flowers on his dead wife's grave. Sheriff Hunt and Chicory then head to The Learned Goat, where Chicory saw Purvis headed to. Hunt and Chicory go into the bar and Hunt questions Purvis. Hunt has Chicory search Purvis and threatens Purvis that if he moves, he will shoot him. Purvis tries to run and Hunt shoots him in the leg. Hunt tells Brooder to go and get Doc Taylor. Deputy Nick and Chicory are finishing playing checkers when Samantha arrives. Hunt tells Nick to stay with Samantha and help her with anything she needs and then escort her home. He tells Arthur that Samantha will be awhile and Arthur asks Hunt how Lorna is doing. Lorna is making Hunt breakfast when Clarence comes to their house and tells Hunt that he found Buford torn up and when he went to the sheriff's office, no one was there. Hunt, Chicory and Clarence go to the stable and find Buford gutted. Hunt and Chicory go to the sheriff's office and find it empty, and also find an arrow. Hunt tells Chicory to bring The Professor to The Learned Goat. Hunt tells Arthur, Samantha is missing. A group gathers at The Learned Goat and Mr. Wallington asks Hunt what he intends to do about finding his horses. The Professor arrives and tells Hunt that the arrow is from a tribe of cave dwellers. Hunt asks The Professor if will take him to where the cave dwellers live, but The Professor refuses. He tells them the cave dwellers are called Troglodytes. The Mayor and Mrs. Porter walk into the bar and Mrs. Porter asks why The Mayor wasn't informed of the incident. A map is brought out and The Professor tells them about a place called the Valley of the Starving Men where the Troglodytes live. Chicory tells Hunt, he is coming with him and Brooder says he is going to, as he was the one who got Samantha involved. Hunt tells Mrs. Porter to telegraph Gatesville to send deputies while he is gone and to have Buford buried. Before leaving, Lorna asks Hunt to come back to her and he kisses and hugs her. Hunt, Arthur and Brooder meet in front of the sheriff's office and Hunt tells Arthur that they need to stay calm, cool and collected. They head west and as they camp, Brooder sets up a trip line. Chicory asks Hunt if he can read a book in the bathtub as he always gets them wet and Hunt tells him to use a musical sheet stand to hold the book and a towel to wipe his hands. Arthur checks his leg and sees that he has reopened the wound and changes the dressing. Hunt takes Arthur's bottle of opium away so he doesn't get too high. They make camp once more and during the night, Ramiro and Guapo appear at the boundary of their camp. Hunt tells them to come forward and as they are walking towards camp with their hands up, Brooder shoots them dead. Brooder tells Hunt that Ramiro and Guapo were scouts for a raiding party, but Hunt tells him he doesn't know that for sure. They leave and make another camp. During the night a Mexican Man breaks into their camp and attacks Brooder. Arthur then shoots and kills the Mexican Man, but most of the horses have been taken. Arthur starts to fall behind and he tells the others to mark their path with four stones. He finally makes it to camp and is woken up a few hours later. Brooder makes a joke about flirting with Samantha and when Arthur punches him, he re-fractures his leg. Chicory looks at his leg and Hunt tells Arthur that he is staying. Hunt tells Arthur that Chicory will have to amputate his leg, but Arthur refuses and asks Chicory to reset it. Chicory gives Arthur some opium and then sets Arthur's leg again. While they are walking they hear calls and Hunt realizes they have been spotted. As they are walking into a valley, Brooder sees horse tracks. They follow a path that leads to an opening with a cave on the side of a cliff. Suddenly three arrows come at them, and they are all wounded. A Troglodyte charges at Chicory and he shoots him dead. Brooder is going for his rifle when the Troglodyte's weapon that flew away when he was shot, severs Brooder's hand. Brooder tells Hunt to give him some dynamite and leave him. As Hunt and Chicory are leaving, Chicory is hit with another arrow in the wrist and Hunt shoots at Wolf Skull. Another Troglodyte attacks Chicory and he and Hunt are knocked unconscious. They are brought into the cave and put into a cage. They see Samantha and Nick and Samantha tells Hunt the Troglodytes ate Purvis. Boar Tusks walks in and screeches. Nick is brought out of his cage and stripped naked. Hunt and Chicory try to break out, but a Troglodyte hits Hunt in the hand with a jaw bone. Nick tells Hunt that Purvis admitted to killing lots of people and robbing them and of desecrating the Troglodyte burial ground. Nick asks Hunt to send his stuff back to his brothers. He is then scalped and cut in half longways down the middle by Boar Tusks. Samantha asks about Arthur and Hunt and Chicory tell her they left a trail for him. They come up with a plan to try and kill some Troglodytes by having them overdose on opium. A Troglodyte takes away the bottle of opium and drinks it and hands it to two others. Samantha tells Hunt and Chicory that Wolf Skull will survive along with another of the Troglodytes, but the third one will die from overdosing on the opium. Boar Tusks and a Troglodyte enter the room and when the Troglodyte opens Hunt's cage, he lunges at the Troglodyte. Boar Tusks knocks Hunt unconscious and his feet are tied. The Troglodyte cuts open Hunt's chest and the flask with opium is stuffed inside of him. Boar Tusks uses a rifle to shoot Hunt in the arm and attempts to shoot him in the crotch, but initially doesn't know how to chamber another round. Suddenly shots ring out and Hunt yells to Arthur that there is a Troglodyte with a rifle. Boar Tusks shoots Hunt in the chest and as Boar Tusks is walking away, Hunt grabs a jaw club and cuts off Boar Tusks' toes. Arthur shoots Boar Tusks and Hunt uses the club to cut off Boar Tusks' head. Hunt tells Chicory that he is going to stay to kill the remaining three male Troglodytes and he wants Chicory to escort Arthur and Samantha home. Before he leaves, Hunt tells Chicory to say goodbye to his wife and have a talk with Arthur. He later kills the remaining three Troglodyte males.
