Main Cast: Charles Bronson, John Houseman, Jacqueline Bisset, Maximilian Schell, Harry Guardino
Release Year: 1976
Country: US
Run Time: 93 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
Ex-crime reporter turned novelist Raymond St. Ives (Charles Bronson) is drawn back into the world of his former profession by wealthy Abner Procane (John Houseman). St. Ives is hired to locate a stolen set of ledgers that, if made public, could trigger an all-out mob war. Amazingly, St. Ives fails to recognize who his real friends and enemies are in the course of his investigation, and it takes all his mental and physical resources to keep from being exterminated. One of the characters who isn't all that she seems is sexy Janet Whistler (Jacqueline Bisset). While the "main" cast is serviceable, the lineup of future stars in minor roles (Daniel J. Travanti, Jeff Goldblum, Robert Englund, Michael Lerner) is fascinating. Based on The Procane Chronicle, a novel by Oliver Bleeck. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Harris Yulin - Detective Oller; Dick O'Neill - Hesh; Elisha Cook, Jr. - Eddie the Bell Boy; Val Bisoglio - Finley; Burr de Benning - Officer Frann; Daniel J. Travanti - Parisi; Benjie Bancroft - Patrolman; Lynn Borden - Party Girl; Stanley Brock - Night Clerk; Walter Brooke - Mickey; Jerry Brutsche - Jack Boykins; Morris Buchanan - Police Sergeant; Dana Elcar - Charlie Blunt; Jeff Goldblum - Hood; Don Hanmer - Punch; Michael Lerner - Myron Green; Rosalyn Marshall - Girl at Table; George Memmoli - Shippo; Owen Pace - Slim; Norman Palmer - McDuff; Tom Pedi - Fat Angie Polaterra; George Sawava - Arab Bagman; Olan Soule - Station Man; John Steadman - Willie; Bob Terhune - Mike Kluszewski; Jerome Thor - Chasman; Robert Englund - Hood #1; Dar Robinson - Jimmy Peskoe; Joe Roman - Seymour; Ben Young - Detective; Ed Cross - Orderly; Joseph DeNicola - No Nose; Larry Martindale; Glenn Robards - Procane Butler; Mark Thomas - Hood #2
Credit
Max Kleven - Coordinator, Ronald L. Schwary - First Assistant Director, J. Lee Thompson - Director, Michael F. Anderson - Editor, Lalo Schifrin - Composer (Music Score), Philip M. Jefferies - Production Designer, Lucien Ballard - Cinematographer, Pancho Kohner - Producer, Stanley S. Canter - Producer, Robert de Vestel - Set Designer, Dewey Gene Grigg - Special Effects, Arthur Piantadosi - Sound/Sound Designer, Harlan Riggs - Sound/Sound Designer, Dar Robinson - Stunts, Ross Thomas - Screenwriter, Barry Beckerman - Screenwriter, Oliver Bleeck - Book Author
