MESSENGER OF DEATH (1988)

MORGAN'S RATING

Religious fanaticism and corporate greed lace a tale of murder within a renegade Mormon sect. What the cops can't do to solve the crime, an intrepid reporter takes upon himself, with violent results. Actor Charles Bronson and director J. Lee Thompson are teamed once again in this action/mystery.

Charles Bronson (Garret Smith), Trish Van Devere (Jastra Watson), Laurence Luckinbill (Homer Foxx), Daniel Benzali (Chief Barney Doyle), Marilyn Hassett (Josephine Fabrizio), Charles Dierkop (Orville Beecham), Jeff Corey (Willis Beecham), John Ireland (Zenas Beecham), Penny Peyser (Trudy Pike), Gene Davis (Junior Assassin), John Solari (Senior Assassin), Jon Cedar (Saul), Tom Everett (Wiley), Duncan Gamble (Lieutenant Scully), Bert Williams (Sheriff Yates), Jerome Thor (Jimmy), Sydna Scott (Sarah Beecham), Cheryl Waters (Magda Beecham), Melanie Noble (Rebecca Beecham), Patricia Allison (Florinda Beecham), Maria Mayenzet (Esther Beecham), Sheila Gale Kandlbinder (Ursula Beecham), Margaret Howell (Naomi Beecham), Warner Loughlin (Ruth Beecham), Kimberly Beck (Piety Beecham), Beverly Thompson (Mrs. Lucy Bigelow), Don Kennedy (Cyrus Pike), Susan Bjurman (Mrs. Doyle), John P. McCarthy (Sgt. Purdue).

WHAT THE COPS CAN'T DO, HE WILL.

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PRODUCTION INFORMATION

RELEASE DATE: September 16th, 1988 (USA) BOX OFFICE OPENING: $1.0 million (USA) BOX OFFICE RESULT: $3.0 million (USA) SHOOTING DATES: January 1988 -- ???

DIRECTOR: J. Lee Thompson (Death Wish 4) WRITERS: Paul Jarrico, and based on the novel by Rex Burns. PRODUCER: Pancho Kohner. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Yoram Globus and Menahem Golan. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Robert O. Ragland. DISTRIBUTOR: MGM