DEATH WISH (1974)

MORGAN'S RATING

After his wife has been murdered and his daughter raped by a trio of ruthless muggers, a mild-mannered business man becomes judge, jury, and executioner when he vows revenge and hunts down the criminals himself.

Charles Bronson (Paul Kersey), Hope Lange (Joanna Kersey), Vincent Gardenia (Frank Ochoa), Steven Keats (Jack Toby), William Redfield (Sam Kreutzer), Stuart Margolin (Ames Jainchill), Stephen Elliott (Police Commissioner), Kathleen Tolan (Carol Toby), Jack Wallace (Hank), Fred J. Scollay (District Attorney), Chris Gampel (Ives), Robert Kya-Hill (Joe Charles), Edward Grover (Lt. Briggs), Jeff Goldblum (Freak), Christopher Logan (Freak), Greogry Rozakis (Spraycan), Floyd Levine (Desk Sgt.), Helen Martin (Alma Lee Brown), Hank Garrett (Andrew McCabe), Christopher Guest (Patrolman Reilly), Beverly Goodman (Little Bo-Peep), Ken Ackles, John C. Becher, Robyn Blythe, Bruce Brown, Robert Dahdah, Olympia Dukakis, John Herzfeld, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Eric Laneuville, Damien Leake, Sonia Manzano (all uncredited).

VIGILANTE, CITY STYLE -- JUDGE, JURY, AND EXECUTIONER.

FACTS

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

RELEASE DATE: July 24th, 1974 (USA) BOX OFFICE RESULT: $22.0 million (USA) - Followed by four sequels: Death Wish II (1982), Death Wish 3 (1985), Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987) and Death Wish V: The Face of Death (1994).

DIRECTOR: Michael Winner (Death Wish II) WRITERS: Wendell Mayers, and based on the novel by Brian Garfield. PRODUCERS: Dino De Laurentiis, Hal Landers and Bobby Roberts. CO-PRODUCER: Michael Winner. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Herbie Hancock. DISTRIBUTOR: Paramount Pictures.