Death Wish (1974)

Regisseur:

Michael Winner

Drehbuchautoren:

Brian Garfield (novel)
Wendell Mayes (writer)

Premierendatum:

24. Juli 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Krimi | Drama

Werbezeile:

Vigilante, city style -- Judge, Jury, and Executioner

Plot:

A New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad after his wife is murdered by street punks in which he randomly goes out and kills would-be muggers on the mean streets after dark.

Plot Keywords:

Architect | Death In Title | Female Nudity | Vengeance | Punk

Filmpreise:

1 win & 1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

Masterpiece

Besetzung

Charles Bronson	...	Paul Kersey
Hope Lange	...	Joanna Kersey
Vincent Gardenia	...	Detective 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 (as Ed Grover)
Jeff Goldblum	...	Freak #1
Christopher Logan	...	Freak #2

Alternativ:

The Sidewalk Vigilante (USA) (working title)
Mann sieht rot, Ein (Österreich) (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

93 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch | Italienisch | Deutsch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Altersfreigabe:

Australia:MA (cable rating) | Iceland:16 | West Germany:18 (f) | UK:18 (re-rating) (2006) (uncut) | Finland:K-18 (1974) (cut) | Finland:K-18 (2003) (uncut) | Argentina:16 | Australia:R | Brazil:14 | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario) | France:-16 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:18 | Singapore:M18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (video rating) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:R

Drehorte:

2 Park Avenue, Murray Hill, East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Firma:

Dino De Laurentiis Company

Dies und das:

Frank Sinatra was offered the role of Paul Kersey, but backed out.

Pannen:

Crew oder Equipment sichtbar: When Kersey chases the last robber at the end of the film, you can clearly see spotlights in the background.

Dialogzitate:

Desk sergeant: Turn that thing off.
[points at the guys radio]
guy with radio: [without pausing] I'm listening to the weather report - why haven't you found my dog - he's vital to my income - he paints such marvelous pictures with he's paws!

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in "The King of Queens: Mild Bunch (#9.9)" (2007)

Masterpiece

This movie is often branded as a violent and fascist one... I think this is nonsense, since if this movie is violent, then what about others like "First Blood", "Commando" or "Rambo" just to name a few?...

If one watches this movie carefully can see it´s a very likely story.

Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) is not a violent man at all, it´s a liberal and broad-minded architect who leads an ordinary life until his wife is murdered by some punks... and that´s not precisely a funny thing to happen to anyone.

This is not a specially violent movie as I´ve said before. It´s the story of a man who loses what he loves the most... and just decides to make justice... and becomes the "vigilante".

This movie is a masterpiece. Probably the best movie starring Charles Bronson.