Charles Bronson 1921-2003, mining worker, WW2 soldier,
early role 1953 in the Vincent Price classic horror House of Wax, then
a lot My 3 Favourite Charles Bronson movies:
1. Once Upon a Time in the West, 1969 Direction: Sergio Leone May be the best western ever made and Bronson as Harmonica
is great as the silent stranger. The Morricone soundtrack with the
Yet again with a fantastic score by Morricone. Read more about the film on my Giallo & Eurocrime page 1 3. Le Passager de la Pluie (Rider on the Rain) 1970 Direction Réne Clément Great acting performance from Charles Bronson and a very
interesting thriller. Read more about it on my
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St.
Ives (1976) Direction: J.
Lee Thompson |
Cool DVD cover, the Germans really know how to do it German Savoy
Films 2015 DVD edition region 2 with
reversible sleeve (censors mark FSK 16 on one side) |
The Face - Charles Bronson and beautiful Jacqueline Bisset In St. Ives he does NOT play a hitman or some anti-social
tough loner, as a melon farmer (Mr. Majestyk 1974), a harmonica player
with a Note january 2021: Yes, i recently watched the 1974
Death Wish and Jeff Goldblum was one of the three rapist robber thugs
that St. Ives is a perfectly OK crime movie of the who dun'it
type, and Charles Bronson's presence makes it entertaining. I'm not
sure if i Otherwise John Houseman is good as the old man, Jackie Bisset is beautiful and Elisha Cook, Jr. the legend in a very small part The film is presented in anamorphic widescreen 1.85:1 with an english audio 1.0 DD Extra: original trailer and a 4 min featurette
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The
Valachi Papers (1972 ) Direction:
Terence Young |
German Koch Media 2017 Blu-ray edition |
Yes,
Bronson made a lot of good movies and in the 1972 The
Valachi Papers - Directed by Terence Young he played one
of the The film is based on real happenings and persons in The
Mob, about the mobster career of Joseph Valachi between 1930 - 1973 Because of the "Godfather" this Terence Young
directed film was forgotten, but it strives to depict the inner workings
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The
Evil That Men Do (1984)
Direction: J. Lee Thompson |
Spanish Blu-ray edition Region All
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In the 1980's Charles Bronson movies got trashier and
this film directed (as nearly always) by J. Lee Thompson is no exception. This film is about the truly EVIL doctor Clement Molloc
(Joseph Maher) who's touring around the brutal (and surely CIA backed) The film is presented in widescreen 1.78:1 with english audio DTS-HD MA 2.0 and with english subtitles, trailer as extra, region ALL
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Kinjite - Forbidden Subjects (1989) Direction: J. Lee Thompson |
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Dark, unpleasant and dirty crime thriller ............
But, interesting. In this late Charles Bronson entry to the Death Wish
type In the intro of this film he says to his wife Kathleen
(Peggy Lipton) that he's sick of the filth he meets in his job as a (elderly, Japanese business man Hiroshi Hada (James Pax) is transferred
to LA and brings his wife and teenage daughter Fumi with him. Juan Fernandez was very good as the Bad guy, and at the end Danny Trejo can be seen for a couple of seconds as an inmate The film is presented in widescreen 1.85:1 with an english
audio DTS-HD MA 2.0 with english subtitles, region B
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The White Buffalo (1977) Direction: J. Lee Thompson |
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DVD presented in widescreen 1.85:1 and with english audio DD 2.0 with swedish subtitles, region 2 with a trailer and picture gallery
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