The Stone Killer
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| Directed by | Michael Winner |
| Produced by | Michael Winner |
| Written by | John Gardner (Book: A Complete State of Death) Gerald Wilson |
| Starring | Charles Bronson Martin Balsam Jack Colvin Paul Koslo John Ritter Norman Fell |
| Music by | Roy Budd |
| Cinematography | Richard Moore |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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95 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,300,000 (US/ Canada rentals)[1] |
The Stone Killer is a 1973 film starring Charles Bronson and directed by Michael Winner. It came out in between The Mechanic and Death Wish, all three of which teamed up actor/director Bronson and Winner. Norman Fell and John Ritter appear as cops in this film, not too long before the TV series Three's Company. Character actor Stuart Margolin plays a significant role; he also appeared in Death Wish.
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Plot
The film involves a plot by a present day (1973) Mafia don (Martin Balsam) to avenge the killings of a group of Mafia dons back in 1931 ("The Night of Sicilian Vespers") with a bold nationwide counter-strike against most of the current Italian and Jewish syndicate heads using teams of Vietnam vets instead of Mafia hit men.
Bronson plays a gritty, independent detective who stumbles across the plot when a washed-up former hit man is killed under circumstances that make it clear that it was an inside job and that Mafia were involved. He then slowly uncovers the clues that point to a seemingly impossible plot.
Cast
- Charles Bronson - Lou Torrey
- Martin Balsam - Al Vescari
- David Sheiner - Guido Lorenz
- Norman Fell - Daniels
- Ralph Waite - Mathews
- Paul Koslo - Langley
- Stuart Margolin - Lawrence
- Jack Colvin - Jumper
- John Ritter - Hart
See also
References
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- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Stone Killer at IMDb
- The Stone Killer at AllMovie
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