Director: Michael Winner

Writer: Wendell Mayes

From novel: Death Wish by Brian Garfield

Music Composed, Orchestrated, and Performed by: Herbie Hancock

Producers: Hal Landers; Bobby Roberts

Keywords: Crime, Revenge, Vigilante, New York

After the death of his wife at the hands of muggers, a New York City architect thwarts his own mugging by killing the mugger with a .32 revolver. A former pacifist and conscientious objector, he finds the catharsis from that act invigorating; he makes himself an attractive target for muggers and commences a one-man city beautification project. Probably the best vigilante film, and certainly the most-copied. Spawned many inferior sequels. Herbie Hancock's score was nominated for a Grammy.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Charles Bronson	Actor	3-Nov-1921	30-Aug-2003	Death Wish
Vincent Gardenia	Actor	7-Jan-1922	9-Dec-1992	Cher's father in Moonstruck
Jeff Goldblum	Actor	22-Oct-1952		The Fly
Christopher Guest	Actor	5-Feb-1948		This Is Spinal Tap
Hope Lange	Actor	28-Nov-1931	19-Dec-2003	Peyton Place
Stuart Margolin	Actor	31-Jan-1940		Angel Martin on The Rockford Files
Helen Martin	Actor	23-Jul-1909	25-Mar-2000	Pearl Shay on 227

CAST

Charles Bronson	...   Paul Kersey
co-starring
Vincent Gardenia	...   Frank Ochoa
William Redfield	...   Sam Kreutzer
Steven Keats	...   Jack Toby
Stuart Margolin	...   Ames Jainchill
Stephen Elliott	...   Police Commissioner
with
Jack Wallace	...   Hank
Kathleen Tolan	...   Carol Toby
Ed Grover	...   Lt. Briggs
Fred Scollay	...   District Attorney
Chris Gampel	...   Ives
Robert Kya-Hill	...   Joe Charles
Olympia Dukakis	...   Cop
Marcia Jean-Kurtz	...   Woman at Airport
Helen Martin	...   Alma Lee Brown
Christopher Guest	...   Patrolman Reilly
and
Hope Lange	...   Joanna Kersey
Jeff Goldblum	...   Freak 1
Christopher Logan	...   Freak 2
Gregory Rozakis	...   Spraycan
Floyd Levine	...   Desk Sergeant
Hank Garrett	...   Andrew McCabe

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