Main Cast: Charles Bronson, Rod Steiger, Jill Ireland, Strother Martin, Bradford Dillman, Michael Vincente Gazzo
Release Year: 1979
Country: UK
Run Time: 95 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
Charles Bronson is out for revenge (and doesn't that sound familiar) in this action drama. Jackie Pruit (Jill Ireland) is the girlfriend of notorious gangster Joe Bomposa (Rod Steiger). When it looks as if Jackie's life is being threatened by Bomposa's goons, the FBI moves in to protect her, in hopes that she'll have incriminating evidence that the Bureau can use against Bomposa in court. Veteran agent Charlie Congers (Bronson) is assigned to watch over Jackie, and while it soon becomes obvious that she knows almost nothing about Bomposa that would be of any use to the FBI, he also falls in love with her. However, Bomposa decides that it would be a lot more convenient to have Jackie out of the way, and he orders her to be executed. Bomposa's henchmen manage to slip through FBI security and murder her, but now they have to answer to the angry and vengeful Congers. Love and Bullets also features Strother Martin, Bradford Dillman, Henry Silva, and Paul Koslo. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Henry Silva - Vittorio Farroni; Paul Koslo - Huntz; Sam Chew - Cook; Val Avery - Caruso; William Gray - Mike Durant; Andy Romano - FBI Agent Marty; Robin Clarke - FBI Agent George; Clifford A. Pellow - Police Captain; Lorraine Chase - Vittorio's Girl Friend; J. Kenneth Campbell - Newscaster (uncredited); Ramon Chavez - Mexican Cop; Rik Colitti - Carlo; Ray Gideon - Counsel; John Hallam - Cerutti; James Keane - Doctor; Charles Lucia - Phoenix Police Detective (uncredited); Joe Rainer - Phoenix Police Detective (uncredited); Albert Salmi - Andy Minton; Jerome Thor - Senator; Richard Graydon - Antonio; Joe Roman - Coroner; Richard Brose - Mobster #2
Credit
Colin Grimes - Art Director, Dorothy Jeakins - Costume Designer, Stuart Rosenberg - Director, Tom Priestley - Editor, Lesley Walker - Editor, Michael F. Anderson - Editor, Lalo Schifrin - Composer (Music Score), Jack Senter - Production Designer, John De Cuir - Production Designer, Fred Koenekamp - Cinematographer, Anthony Richmond - Cinematographer, Pancho Kohner - Producer, John Bramall - Sound/Sound Designer, Gene Garvin - Sound/Sound Designer, Wendell Mayes - Screenwriter, John Melson - Screenwriter
Love and Bullets is a 1979 film directed by Stuart Rosenberg. Starring Charles Bronson in a leading role, it is based on a screenplay by Wendell Mayes (writer of the 1974 film Death Wish) and John Melson. The film was originally to have been directed by John Huston and advertisements were taken out in Variety to promote this fact. Huston apparently did film some scenes but walked off the set after disagreements with the producers. Veteran director Rosenberg stepped in on the troubled production which received almost-unanimously poor reviews.
